Along the Arkansas Highways and Byways you will always stumble upon scenes that will take your mind back to days when life was simpler. Mike and I were going the back roads to The Richland Creek Wilderness Area when we came across this school house off of Hwy 124 in Northern Faulkner County. Actually, you would have to be looking off to the left to see it. It is located off of Holly Springs Rd. We did a U turn and headed back. It was perfect to photograph because no weed-wacking was involved. (Although not a priority with us! Weed-wacking welcomed on occasion.) Apparently the grounds still taken care of by the community or the church next door. Although just existing as a shell of its former self, it still stands as a testament to times when going to school was a privilage, a sacrifice. This is a farming community. To get to school must have taken awhile. They really did have to walk 5 miles to school in the snow barefoot! Well, maybe not barefoot...But you get the picture. The children are gone...The teacher no more...Not a book in site....Still it teaches us to appreciate where we come from and where we will go...
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