I’ve been working on Field Trips for our family to take once a week to get us out of the house and to enhance Charlie’s studies. I found a event which David would love called Bonnie & Clyde Days which is a wonderful Homeschool Resource & Field Trip. The event takes place in Pilot Point which would give us a new town to explore. Would you like to come with us?
For those wondering Pilot Point is only a hour away from Fort Worth on the shores of beautiful Lake Ray Roberts! Which Charlie and I’ve never been to but would be neat to check out if we had time. We can bring a Picnic and stop her for lunch or dinner on the way home. Would you like to join us?
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Come join Pilot Point Main Street for their biggest festival of the year: Bonnie & Clyde Days!
Date: Saturday, October 14 | 10 am – 8 pm
The annual festival is held to commemorate the day Hollywood came to Pilot Point, when the Warner Bros film “Bonnie and Clyde” shot its famous bank robbery scene at the historic Farmers & Merchants Bank Building. Filming occurred in 1967 for the classic film, which starred Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty. In addition to the movie filming, Pilot Point was a known hangout of the REAL Bonnie and Clyde and the Barrow Gang. Local legend has it that a family member lived in the area and offered the gang a safe haven.
During the all-day festival, Pilot Point becomes a piece of living history with 1930’s-era family fun! Festivalgoers step back in time with a Classic Car Show, a fleet of Model As, and historic exhibits and demonstrations. Attendees enjoy family fun, craft and food vendors, live musical entertainment throughout the day, and a FREE Kids Zone featuring children’s activities, a petting zoo and a face painter. Entertainment will be released in the coming months.
ATTRACTIONS
Classic Car Show – City Hall (10 am – 1 pm) (Registration is on-site from 8 am – 10 am)
Model A Car Demonstration – Main Street (10 am – 1 pm)
Antique Tractor Display – Liberty Street (10 am – 2 pm)
Soap Box Challenge, put on by the Masonic Lodge – Washington Street by Pilot Point Community Library (10 am – 2 pm)
Friends of the Library Book Sale – Clifton & Nadene Irick Museum (10 am – 5 pm or sell out)
Kids Zone – Fire Station (10 am – 5 pm)
Lonestar Axe Throwing Station – Fire Station (10 am – 8 pm)
Clifton & Nadene Irick Museum (10 am – 5 pm)
Western Son Distillery Tours (1 pm, 3 pm, 5 pm – tickets required)
Beer & Wine Sales from Pilot Point Chamber – Gazebo (1o am – 8 pm)
If you attend the event and you plan on spending the weekend then you can check out places to stay here:
