Grand Ole Opry with Hezekiah
Friday Evening, August 25 The purpose of this trip was to visit our grandson Hezekiah who lives near Ashland City, Tennessee. After getting to our motel, we stopped in at his place to take him to the Opry – his 2017 birthday gift. We bought food at the Opry so we could eat while waiting […]
Continuing Our Trip
Friday, August 25 On the road again – headed toward Tennessee. It was a beautiful day to travel through Kentucky horse country – enjoying coffee “with an attitude” from the motel restaurant. Traveling across a river that was giving off morning fog. We had a delicious breakfast at an interesting, small truck stop restaurant that […]
Country Drive in Kentucky
Thursday Evening, August 24 Following our visit to the Ark Encounter, we went to the motel we had reserved on online – prior to our trip – and were a bit concerned when we saw a small building with individual outside entrances. However, the minute we opened our door we felt welcomed by the personal […]
Ark Encounter – Part 3
Thursday Afternoon, August 24 A few pictures from the gift shops at the end of the Ark Encounter tour and the village surrounding the ark. Gift shops at the end of the tour of the ark. There was a variety of choices of things to do at the end of the tour. It was lunchtime, […]
Congratulations to Our Daughter Deb
Congratulations to Deb for twenty-three years of running her own business – Basic Designs. September 5, 1994. If you live in our area and pick up Today and Tomorrow magazine, you see her layout and design work. Another example of her work is the Lancaster County Mud Sale magazine.
Ark Encounter – Part 2
Thursday, August 24 One interesting thing about the first floor (near the entrance area) is hearing the sound of a storm on the outside. It was fascinating and interesting to observe the cages and sometimes hear the sounds of birds or animals. There were no live animals on the ark except at the petting zoo […]
Thirty-One Years Ago Today
It was thirty-one years ago today that we helped Mark, Diane, and baby Elizabeth move to Maine – according to the date on this photo – September 4, 1986. This was a step of faith for them after responding to the call of God to move to Maine and help with a new church plant […]
The Ark Encounter – Part 1
Thursday, August 24 Because I took a lot of photos of this experience, I chose to first tell you a bit about our arrival. Someone had a lot of forethought for this. The parking lot (room for thousands of cars – a website says 4,000) is where we arrived about 10:00 am. The ark can […]
Creation Museum – Part 2
Wednesday, August 23 The grounds outside Creation Museum are beautiful – especially on a sunny, warm, late summer day. The lighting on this flower was a bit shaded, but I like that the shot captured a bee. In this photo you can see part of the zipline challenge course. The petting zoo is in the […]
Creation Museum – Part 1
Wednesday, August 23 I was pleased to begin our vacation early Wednesday morning. The morning sky was pretty behind us… …and ahead of us. At one point the morning sky was expressive. I smiled when I thought this cloud formation looked like an old lady in the wind. 🙂 A Pennsylvania tunnel We checked into […]
TFC’s Promotional Chapel at the Buck Truck Show – Part 2
Saturday, August 19 More trucks driving by my chair next to the chapel. I’d like to dash around on this. 🙂 I spent a lot of time talking with this woman while the men brought visitors through the chapel. We also had a lot of visitors on the outside. People who just wanted to visit […]
TFC’s Promotional Chapel at the Buck Truck Show – Part 1
Saturday, August 19 I asked Cerwin if I could have an extra five minutes to get a picture of the chapel leaving TFC’s Headquarters Office in the morning sunlight. It was a breathtaking, beautiful morning as we drove from Marietta to The Buck – about half-an-hour drive. We arrived about 7:30 am so we could […]
A Spider in Our Security Camera
When I heard a beep on our security camera, I looked up to see who was here. I was surprised to see a spider busily spinning a web. 🙂 I went outside to get a close up. Spiders fascinate me. I especially enjoy watching them – at least when they are outside.
Happy Birthday to Our Favorite Ian
We love you! Grandpa and Grandma
Going to Sight & Sound to See Jonah
Friday Evening, August 18 Our crew – back row: Jere, Kristen, Abby, and Nathaniel. Front row: Jared, Tanner, Ian, Jesse, my empty seat, and Cerwin. This was the close to Brothers’ Week and the 2017 birthday gift for Jared, Ian, Kristen and Nathaniel. It was also supposed to be a gift for Josh, but he […]
Ziplining at Refreshing Mountain
Thursday, August 17 We were back at Refreshing Mountain by 8:38 am on Thursday morning for Ian and Jared’s ziplining appointment. Getting into their harnesses Ian leaving the first platform Jared leaving the first platform Zipping above me Near the end of the course I realized that my automatic focus had gotten bumped off, so […]