...except during the momentary deluges when it didn't!
The grass is always greener on the other side....seemed really appropriate for this trip.
It is called "The Bluegrass State" for a reason!
And...no one has a sprinkler system!!
One of our many bonding moments came as Cathy, Kim and I returned to Route 5 and our family home!
The trees lining the road were so much bigger!
Although not the white clapboard of our youth--outside it still looks pretty much the same--including the addition Lucky built on to it!
The kind lady who has owned it since we moved, invited us in and let us look around.
Although much had changed, so much was still the same!
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Including this closet that Lucky built to accommodate the wardrobe of five teenage girls!
Mainly, what stayed the same, was the sense of sisterhood of five misplaced girls, who left the Valley of the Sun in Phoenix and grew to love each other on a hill in Eastern Kentucky!
This is the hill that made us all the "women" that we are today--someone had to mow it--everyone of us has a story to tell that revolves around a mower or a sled or a late night trip to the cemetery at the top!
Next stop, Crisp's Dairy Treat--some things just keep getting better with time!
Kim was the expert tour guide as she took us wherever our hearts desired-- to all of our old favorite places.
Starting with Greenbo lake!
And she was patient with our "need" to shoot it all with our cameras!
We ended the day at the Ohio River and then with trying our best to capture the lightening bugs in the trees and the Kentucky Cardinal!
Neither, of which we were really able to do, sometimes you just have to experience it in the moment, soak it in and not try to share!
Mike is still as funny as ever and our first Brother in Law!
And the Pulley family lives up to every standard of Southern Hospitality! Thanks for giving up your bed Jill!
Thank you Cathy for being my travel companion and for making this one "Perfect, Hootenanny--a word I promised to start using again!"
My friend Dotty suggested I find this song...who knew our vacation had already been captured on YouTube!
3 comments:
Mom, your blog is my favorite spot on the web. How cool to go to your old stomping ground with your sistah's. Holy cow, Not to down play grandpa's hard work, but that small closet for all 5 of you! Kentucky looks so green and pretty and your pics are amazing. I love the spider web, dragon fly, and dew pic. Oh, and now I want to carve a heart into a tree ASAP.
Wow! A perfect post for a perfect trip! Thank you for the invitation to go with you! I will have to follow you some more because my pictures aren't as cool as yours, but I will keep trying! I love the song! I had heard it before, but didn't think of it as a soundtrack for my life, but it was a perfect fit for this trip! Thanks again, for the trip and the great wrap up on your blog!
So fun to have pictures to go with the stories we heard growing up. I'm so glad you got to go back with sisters.
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