Cabin Fever Cure

Sittin' by the wood stove in the winter sure is nice, but there are those days that you start to feel yourself gettin' a fever.  It's not the heat of the stove making you feel feverish, it's called Cabin Fever.  Yep, sometimes you just gotta brave the cold, snow, and ice and head out to the great outdoors to cure the fever.  That's what we did on Sunday afternoon.  Care to join us?

Not a good day for swimming.....

An old lock from the canal......

The highlight of our hike......an iced-over cave!

Let's go check it out!

A peek inside

Found a frozen turkey leg....

Young Foundations Cabin?   

This old bridge was brought here years ago to cross the creek.

Yeah, I was ready to get back to the wood stove. 

Cabin fever cured!

Winter Workout

Here is a winter workout program that is sure to firm up your muscles, get your blood to pumpin, and keep you warm too!   

Can't let Granny Smith do better than me at getting the wood in for the stove!

For instance, you were freezing, and I painted you a picture of fire licking, and burning, like that, I'd… and people standing around getting warm, I'd say, "Looky there, that's fire." Why you can't get warm by a painted fire; it won't warm. That's something that was. You've got to have the fire yourself. What Jesus was then, He is now. If He was a fire, a warmth to the heart, and a soothing, a shelter in the time of storm, He is the same today.

   51-0718 - The Angel Of The Lord
   Rev. William Marrion Branham

  

Queenie and Faith are having a winter workout as well.

Puppy Love

Staying warm by the fire here at the Eagles Nest.

Hillbilly Happiness

           "Well, Kentucky has something that they have offered to the Lord. Been many saints come from Kentucky. In the early days, the pioneer days when they came in the wagons with horses, and over across the hills... And they produced some great preachers and great saints of God. It'll be well represented in glory when we get there. "Bro. Branham 59-0811

There was a little flooding going on while we were there.  The 'cricks' were overflowing!  We went across the road to see a covered bridge and I got distracted along the way taking pictures of old buildings.  Can you just hear the congregation singing "In the Sweet By and By" in this old church?

I think Dad was ready to open revival services until he saw all the hay stacked in there.  :o)

Old abandoned house along the way.

An old abandoned store.....

Here's the covered bridge....

Nathan?

Another old store.....

On the way to Granny Smith's

We seen a couple of places that raised fighting roosters.

We surprised Granny.  She was getting in some kindling for her woodstove.  She's 85 and still going strong!

The guys got some wood in for her.

I thought I was gettin' gray......

Let me tell you a love story about this old water pump.  Years ago a young boy was picking up some tobacco plants from a local farmer.  While waiting  along the road for his dad to pick him up, he saw a pretty girl come outside the farmhouse to throw out the dish water.  He came up with an excuse to go meet her.  He quickly dumped out his water jug, and went up to ask her if he could fill his jug at this pump.  
That's how my dad met my mom and he knew he would marry her someday.  So 50 years later they went back to the old farmstead and got this pump to put in their yard as a memorial of how they met.

Meet my Dad, a missionary.  He loves to tell others about the Lord and this message.  So he came up with a unique way of handing out books and tracts.  He has this 1950 car that he takes to car shows in the area.  The car attracts people and while they are checking out the car, my dad pops open the "boot"  (trunk) and offers them a book.   A trunk full of treasures!

Since Dad uses this car to serve the Lord, the Lord gave a him a wonderful testimony to tell people.  One day as he was driving along, he heard this ticking sound.  So he pulled off and opened the hood while the engine was running to check it out.  Suddenly he felt a hand forcibly push his face over and at that instance a piece of the metal fan blade went flying past his face and brushed his ear then landed 100 feet in the field!  If that guardian angel hadn't pushed his head over that blade would have embedded into his face. Thank the Lord for His protection.

My sister-n-law made us some acorn bread while we were there and it was good.  

Sunrise in Kentucky.   

Hope you enjoyed the trip to Kentucky where the hollers run deep, the cricks don't dry up, and the sun always rises.