Last Saturday was a day dedicated to rebuilding Grandma’s bridge. My mom and dad live in a condo in a retirement community called Wedgewood Estates. Their condo backs up onto a pond and a woods. When Wedgewood Estates first opened, one of the original residents built a bridge over a creek in the woods. That …
From Happy Trails
Hartman Rock Garden in Springfield
The Sunday before my surgery, Tom and I visited the Hartman Rock Garden in Springfield, Ohio. We didn’t go there alone. We met one of our favorite families, Steve, Amy, and Emma Winstead, so we could all enjoy it together. Emma is 3 1/2 now, and I thought the rock garden looked like a fun …
Wool Gathering at Young’s Dairy
On September 20 I attended the Wool Gathering at Young’s Dairy. This was the 29th Wool Gathering. I have thought about going previously, but went to the Autumn Fiber Festival in Mansfield or the Great Lakes Fiber Show in Wooster instead. When my hip replacement surgery was scheduled for October 8, I knew the Autumn …
Grand Lake St Marys, Ohio
On our recent trip to Ohio, we had an adventure day with Mom and Dad to Grand Lake St Marys. Mom had seen an article about Boardwalk Village and wanted to go there. Anything they want to do, we are happy to try. We had a beautiful day for our adventure. The sky was blue …
Blacksmiths Depot in Candler, NC
On our way to Asheville, Tom and I swung by Candler, North Carolina to visit Blacksmiths Depot. Tom has been a blacksmith at different national park sites since 2017 when we worked at San Juan Island English Camp. Most of the time, he has to build a bellows and furnish his own equipment. Over time …
Maysville, Kentucky
Tom and I recently visited Maysville, Kentucky on our journey back to Ohio for my cancer surgery. We try to find one interesting or historical place to stop each time we travel back to Ohio, to give us something new to see. Maysville, Kentucky is a small city – about 9,000 people – on the …
Cheryl and Scott Giddens, Visitors
The first week of July Tom and I had some very special visitors, Cheryl and Scott Giddens. They were our first out-of-town visitors and they came all the way from South Carolina. Well, actually, they live in South Carolina and they were sort of on the way from being in western Virginia for a show. …
Fun Three Days in Ohio
Tom and I had a fun three days on our “weekend” back in Ohio. We weren’t really home for much of that time, but we got everything done on our to-do list. We drove up to Ohio on Tuesday morning and afternoon. We decided to take a back way, missing Cincinnati. Although Cincinnati is a …
Triple Falls and Cove State Park
Tom and I always ask the rangers about their favorite places to go. Recently Ranger Layton told us his favorite hiking place is Triple Falls in Tennessee. He lives in Speedwell, Tennessee, so he isn’t far from Triple Falls. Triple Falls is a man-made waterfall on Bruce Creek. When I-75 was built through this part …
It’s Raining, It’s Pouring, Inside it is Boring
It’s raining. It’s pouring. Inside it is boring. May and the beginning of June have been extremely wet here in the Cumberland Gap area. Today marks the fourth straight day of constant rain. I don’t mind rain so much when we are in Ohio because there is plenty to do inside the house. Including room …