Sunday, October 30, 2016
Hiking at Ballard Nature Center
We went to Ballard Nature Center in Altamont, IL and hiked nearly all of
the trails, at least 2 or 3 miles. It was GORGEOUS today, perfect
temperature for hiking in the woods. We stopped along the path and had a
picnic sitting on a log, very enjoyable. Then we walked some more
through the fields of bluestem grass, Indian grass and wetlands. The
setting sun was beautiful on the tall grasses and trees..got back home
at dark...a perfect day. No pictures this time, as I had posted some
last summer when we were there, and also, I could just relax and enjoy
the solitude with no distractions...hope you all had a great Sunday.
Saturday, October 29, 2016
Jefferson County Historical Village
I did not know until this morning that Mt. Vernon had it's own
historical village open to the public from May through October. It is
the Jefferson County Historical VIllage, and is near Cedarhurst Art
Center. It is a very well preserved village with many log cabins,
general store, jail, church, school, doctor's office, dentist's office,
blacksmith shop, and a large museum. We were given a tour by a
gentleman that is a member of the Historical Society. We love history,
so we really enjoyed it. Then lunch at Ryan's and stop by the Schwartz
orchard, where we went to buy apples, but also bought their homemade
apple cider donuts...you haven't lived until you have had one while it
is still warm..yummy...staying home tonight...the first year we have
missed the Centralia Halloween parade, but are relaxing at home....have a
good one all!
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| This windmill is still used to pump water into the attached bucket. |
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| Inside the cabins |
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| Hickory school house |
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| Wow, they had some strict rules for the teachers back then. |
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| Church |
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| The sidewalks were made up of bricks, very interesting. |
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| The General store, also had a barber shop and shoe shine station in a side room. You can actually get your hair cut at the barber shop on Saturdays for 2 bits, plus a $10 tip. We are both reflected in the mirror, and that was not planned. |
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| Our tour guide showing us the doctor's office, which also included a dentists office. |
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| The drill was operated using a foot pedal, how awful that must have been for the patients. |
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| The last bear shot in Illinois in 1966. He is on top of the truck. |
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| Just some more of the village, and the large museum that is separate from the other out buildings. |
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| I wonder what kind of horrible stuff this must have been, vegetable fat frozen dessert? No thanks. |
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| Just relaxing on the porch of the General store. |
Friday, October 28, 2016
Wednesday, October 26, 2016
Molly's 7th birthday
Tuesday, October 25, 2016
Pondwella and her antics
You all know that Bill and I are just silly people
sometimes...so...While I was cleaning mom's apartment out, I found this
stuffed frog,can't remember where it came from, but I kept it and just
put it in the motor home. Before Bill got in to drive, I sat it up in
the front windshield..he got in and asked what the heck was going on
there...I said that was our guard frog..so later, while I was in the
motor home........
Bill put her in the tree hanging upside down, for me to see
when I came back out, he said she had a rough night..So while he took a
walk, I put her in my chair with a cup of coffee and waited for him to
come back...so this went on and on all week-end...I think we have a new
camping/travel mascot, like those people with gnomes.....lol...and, yes,
we had too much time on our hands.....and, anyway, we don't have a
gnome..
Monday, October 24, 2016
Halloween camping-part
:)
At night we listened to music on our old battery operated radio from
the old days, drank coffee and sat by the crackling fire until we felt
like going to sleep...retirement is SO stressful, but somebody's got to
do it.
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