Monday May 23, 2011

The rain stopped long enough for us to enjoy a few days of camping, mowing and to live through the promised "rapture" once again.

The exhaust on the 89 Westy held up for the trip to The Little Miami for '11 Bakers' Buses and Boats.  The '73 Sporty's steering works great but now the brakes are fading; so I stopped thinking about ways of ferrying it to and from the campout, along with the '89.  We did manage to eke out good weather for the campout in the L Miami valley only to have it rain cats and dogs with severe storms there after we left.

The Bug packed and ready to head home to KY.

Attendance was light, there being about twenty families compared with twice that in recent years. Evan and Heather were in early on Wednesday. We drove over after work and school on Friday. Rooster was there in his faithful '61, of course Bakers, D'wayne and family from W Indiana, Chuck/Pam from KY,  Charlie and kids from nearby Blanchester.  Paul/Jess/kids, also from KY, camped in a pop out trailer towed by a beautiful '69 bug, leaving their fish muraled Bay Westy home.

Paul and Beau in front of Frank's bus.

I have to add that Paul recently cut his dreads and is now sporting a "Bob Ross" do. The pic shows it as he is standing with Beau who is doing very well after a tree cutting accident last year.  I didn't get a pic of Beau's bus and the recent deer strike to his front right headlight area. I'll have to remember to take better pics next campout.  I was just too relaxed on this one... yea!!

Greater downtown Blanchester.

I was able to get on the bike and avoid the L Miami bike path.  Charlie directed me via back roads to Butlerville and Blanchester where I joined SR 123 back into Morrow. It was great to ride new roads and see some unfamiliar sights; one yelling redneck kid driver and one LARGE black Lab notwithstanding.  Once I climbed out of the river valley the terrain was full of rollers bottomed by small streams and topped by very damp fallow fields. The climb up was beside Todd's Fork and included a small waterfall which had an old farm drive which led down to the falls where it looked like one could drive under the falls for a car wash (Charlie related later that his G-Pa had told him that they used to do exactly that).

The coop project

It's time to set out some plants. Tomatoes, peppers and cabbages will soon join the beans, potatoes, onions, squash and cukes in the cabin garden.  The new coop is under construction and will feature a hawk/eagle proof covering while still being portable enough to change its location. It will be like a large chicken tractor.  I plan on getting a few more birds and build a small coop for the house in town.  These new birds, as I mentioned in my earlier post are much more docile and can be herded easily.


Got to get ready for work.. more later.