Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Yesterdays...

When the kids were young, we used to pack up lawn chairs, cooler, and whatever else we wanted and go through the gate shown HERE, commonly called Rock Run. I hope that link works...
Anyway, the road led back to this area...I am sure I have some other pictures of it somewhere but I just can't find them right now. Big cliffs were there on either side, and a small creek ran through the valley. We would take hot dogs, smoked sausages, or whatever we had to roast over the fire. I will tell you right here and now there is nothing better than a piece of ham speared on a stick and held over an open fire. It is simply delicious. Add chips and a coke and you have a meal fit for a king in my opinion.

The kids would play in the creek, or swing on a big rope swing that used to be there. My husband usually took some kind of firearm to target shoot a little. I took books to read and hand sewing. But sometimes I just hunted ginseng, if it was late enough in the fall. We now have a season on it...when I was a kid you could hunt it all summer long.

And this old outhouse was there....what other convenience could you ask for. To see what I done with in in photoshop, go to Paintbox Pictures. There is also a picture of ginseng that I did.

6 comments:

  1. I love the old outhouse! I guess I can say that now that I don't ever have to use one - LOL!
    In my hometown paper a lady's husband brought one home to her and she put it in her yard and decorated it - it was really cute. I saw and wanted one and now seeing yours. I have plenty of room - what do you think - for looks only though!

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  2. What nice memories, Rose. Looks like a wonderful place to spend quality family time. ;-)

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  3. That sounds wonderful! I haven't set around a campfire for years and now I want to!

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  4. Love to see the way different people decorate their out houses. Thanks for sharing.

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  5. I'm so thankful for our modern day bathrooms! I used to enjoy camping when my kids were little but now I'm happy to get into my nice clean bed at home.

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