Year Three - Day Twenty-Two

Sam's View

All we did today was I went fishing and rolled down the hill. We also had a cookout.

Summer's View

LOL

Quiet day on the homefront - nice and peaceful and relaxing.

Year Three - Days Twenty and Twenty-One

Sam's View

Today I went fishing! I caught 5 fish. I also saw 2 feinting goats - they were cute. :) We stayed in the rv the rest of the day. The next day, we went to the Hudson Museum. They had almost all of the Hudson cars there! There were lots of cool cars. There was a beat up station wagon. That was daddy’s car. :) After that we went to the Fisher Lake Inn. There were thousands of mayflys there.

Summer's View

There is a stream just a few yards down the lane from Bob and Elane's, so they took Sam fishing there.  Some neighbors right on the stream have a menagerie of animals, so they showed Sam they're fainting goats, a baby goat they had rescued, a pony they had rescued, and various cats and dogs that have found them over the years. LOL

Sam fished all afternoon, while we adults finished up the day with a few cold beers and lots of chatter.  The baby goat kept wandering over and pulling on my hair from the back - he obviously thought it was funny!  :)  I got to feed him one of his bottles, and he made quick work of it.

The next day, Elane and I went to yard sales all morning, and then Bob took Jim and Sam to the Hudson Museum.  For dinner that night, Bob and Elane took us to a favorite of theirs, the Fisher Lake Inn, which sits right on the water.  As Sam mentioned, and much to the restaurant's chagrin, thousands of mayflies were on-site that day, so no one could eat on the patio!

Sam was informing us that the mayfly only lives a day or two, so we were "lucky" to see the spectacle.  LOL

Year Three - Day Nineteen

Sam's View

Today we traveled from Evansville, IN to Sturgis, MI. We left at about 10:15 and the drive was about 6 ¼ hours and the distance was about 370 miles. We stayed at Uncle Bob and Aunt Elane’s house.

Summer's View

Travel day - we parked the RV in Bob and Elane's yard - perfect fit!  :)  Their place looks as gorgeous as always!

Year Three - Day Eighteen

Sam's View

Today we went and saw mommy’s houses we saw her original house we saw her farm we saw her town we saw her dad’s gas station we even ate at one of the restaurants she ate at when she was a kid.

Summer's View

From the looks of that "sentence" above, I can see we need to discuss run-on sentences! LOL

I am actually surprised he remembered as much as he wrote down.  I seem to remember he was chattering the whole time I was driving about a new set of earphones he had just gotten.  :)

The restaurant he spoke of was Thompson's BBQ on Atkinson Street, and I ate there as a young adult.  I always tease Jim about not knowing what "real" bbq tastes like, so he finally found out.  YUM!

We even bought a Powerball ticket at dad's old station for luck, but we didn't win. Darn!  :)

I have to say, Henderson is looking good! Not a lot has changed in 17 years, and everything looks like it is in good shape!  I did notice the riverfront is now different, and they tore down Beardsley's...old news to those of you in the area, I know.  And, of course, Gibb's is still rockin'!

We walked around the lake at Audubon State Park - even Buster got to go!

Year Three - Days Sixteen and Seventeen

Sam's View

Today was a stay home day. It wasn’t raining but everything was closed. The next day, we drove from Horse Cave to Evansville, IN. The drive was about 2 ½ hours and the distance is about 150 miles and also we took Buster to the doggie park and he had lots of fun. After we got setup, me and daddy watched the hockey game Boston vs Toronto. The series was tied 3-3. A few minutes before the end of the game, Boston was losing 4 to 1, but at the end of the 3^rd period they were tied 4 to 4 so they went into overtime and at 15:00 left Boston scored!!!!!! :) :) :) :) :) :)

Summer's View

On day sixteen, we were going to tour Hidden Cave, but it was closed due to flooding.  Then I called to see if Lost River Cave was open and it was also closed due to flooding.  Bummer!  So, like Sam said, we stayed home.

We stayed at the 4-H Center in Evansville, which has a campground, and turned out to be the only campground we could find with wifi!  It was nice, though, and they had a pretty big playground area that local kids seemed to hang out in, so Sam had a blast there.

Year Three - Day Fifteen

Sam's View

Today we did some hiking and some birding at Mammoth Cave. On our hike we saw a cave called Dixon Cave. About a million years ago Dixon Cave connected to Mammoth Cave, but about 300,000 years ago the end of Dixon Cave collapsed and the historical entrance was opened. We also saw some cool birds!

Summer's View

The park around Mammoth Cave is beautiful, lush and green this time of year!  We hiked a couple of trails, only going about two miles, but the flora was beautiful.  We checked out the River Styx Spring, and also saw a portion of the Green River, which runs part of its course under Mammoth Cave.  Both were running at very high levels from all the recent rainfall.  Sam forgot to say he also found a cool centipede hiding under some leaves!

River Styx Spring

Year Three - Day Fourteen

Sam's View

Today we did a tour of Mammoth Cave!!! :) :) :) The tour we did was the historic tour. The tour was about 2 miles. We walked over a huge pit you couldn’t even see the bottom :O We also got to see some cute little brown bats! :)

Summer's  View

Once again, rain!  But we were inside, so it didn't matter.  There are actually several different tours of Mammoth Cave, and we opted for the Historic Tour.  It was interesting, and a lot of fun!  It took us through Fat Man's Misery, which I had told Jim and Sam about.  :)

When I went through Mammoth Cave over 20 years ago, I believe they offered a tour where you could ride a boat through a portion of the underground river, but they don't do that anymore.  :(

As Sam mentioned, there were a few little brown bats hanging on the ceiling near the entrance, and the area was so low I would have brushed some with my head if I hadn't seen them!  They were so small, about the size of a mouse, and VERY cute!

Sam forgot to mention that we also saw a cave salamander!  Woo hoo!