Quick Weekend and Vacation Planning.

Friday after another busy day at work Needles and I had plans to head South to visit Cynical and Ragged. We arrived around 5:30pm and was greeted warmly by our hosts and soon to be co-vacationers. The first thing on the agenda was to get our belly's full and we weren't disappointed. Cynical's homemade lasagna and salad. For dessert was yellow cake with chocolate icing ala mode. Yummy. After our hunger pains were gone we settled in and visited to catch up on current events and also to make reservations for one of the legs of our upcoming vacation. The second day of our visit we enjoyed fresh baked blueberry muffins and fresh fruit to appease our belly's until lunch were we enjoyed the Shogun. As always they did not disappoint. On the way home a few stops allowed us to walk around and settle our fully stomachs. That evening we had some weather move in and tornado sirens blared a few times. With heavy rains and hail the size of marbles we were glad the worst of it moved on by.We started to play a few games of Yahtzee and then a craving for a Blizzard from the DQ overtook us and out the door we went in search for ice cream. When we returned home it was time for Earth Hour so we played the final game of Yahtzee by lantern light. This morning we were treated to a fritata ala Cynical with fresh fruit and fresh coffee. Before long it was time to head back home and the weekend is again too short. Thanks Cynical and Ragged for a enjoyable weekend and I wish the weather would have been more conducive for porch setting.

VACATION PLANS:
The first leg of the vacation for us will be arriving at Cynical and Raggeds home for the first night and then we will be up with the chickens to head out to Ashville, North Carolina where we will be staying at Cumberland Falls Bed & Breakfast in the Daydream Room. After visiting with Ragged's family and attending LEAF we will be moving on down the road to our next destination. Our second destination is Washington D.C. and we will try to see as many museums and monuments that we can fit into our limited visit. We will be staying at The Intown Uptown Inn in the Corleone room. After 4 nights there we will be on the third leg of our trip and heading the direction of home. We plan to find something along the way with no set plans and if we want to drive more or less then it will be optional. The final day will be returning to Cynical and Raggeds and the return drive home. I am excited that Cynical and Ragged has invited us along for vacation and birthday party with her family. We now have our reservations and before we know it will be time to go. Its just a few weeks away. I can't wait.

PS. Hope the hand is better Cynical.

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A few winds. A little marble size hail. Alot of rain. Otherwise OK.

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More Storm Damage Pictures From Kentucky.

Enjoying the outdoors.

This weekend even though it was a little on the brisk side has been nice for some bird watching. Around noon I received a call from my friend wanting to know if I wanted to go to Mt. C to look for the eagles. I haven't been down there for awhile so I thought I would tag along. We arrived around 2 o'clock and the initial drive though seemed fruitless until we spotted a rather large bird just over the ridge. It was a large golden eagle soaring into the area I started snapping picture before he even got close enough to see him on the screen of the camera. I would have to say that my camera doesn't have much of a zoom but for what it is I got some decent pics.

This is a golden eagle in flight.

This is a bald eagle soaring on a windy day.

The bald eagles nest. The female is on but is down in the nest. This image was taken through a binocular.
This is what the nest looks like from the road. The nest is about the size of a mid size car.

This is the golden eagle at one of his favorite perch.

A few deer grazing off almost to the tree line.

One of the nice things that is new to the area is a viewing platform that was built for bird watching.

The view.

Neat looking tree.

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Bad weather in Mt Erie. High winds and heavy rain.

This was a picture taken with my cell phone. From reports coming in it looks like there wasn't a tornado but some severe straight line winds. Some reports stating 90 mph plus. About 30 minutes after this picture was taken I was standing at the back door of "L's" house and watching the rain when I first heard a loud "SNAP" and then a flash of lightning and the power went out for about 3 seconds. After the storm moved out we went outside and a limb in the tree just outside the door I was standing by was black and looked burnt. A little too close for comfort.

Another Weekend Post.

Today Needles and I awoke somewhat earlier than our usual weekend schedule. After lounging away most of the morning we decided we needed to go to town to pick up a few groceries and some medication since Needles is still getting over the crud. We must have needed more than what we thought or we were hungry because before we knew it our grocery cart was about 3/4 full to the top. After we hauled our items to the car we stopped at our second destination and again did a pretty good job of filling the cart. For just needing a few items we pretty much filled the trunk of the car. I guess we wont need to go grocery shopping for a week or two now. I need to do laundry next. Yuck...

Were Back.

After an all too short 3 day weekend, we are back from the promise land. After we arrived Friday we had a late supper and settled in and visited with my Mom and Dad until late in the evening. The next day my Aunt "R" came over a prepared homemade pizzas. She made 1 sausage, and 2 supreme and they were all very good. Sunday was the day of my cousins baby shower but since my Mom was down with a upper respiratory infection She thought we should stay home. My Dad and I ran the gifts over and dropped them off since I also have been suffering from a head cold. Sunday evening my Father started to get a sore throat so I think he is coming down with the crud going around. Today after we had breakfast my Mom and Dad made appointments with the doctor. After they left for their Dr. visit we decided to head back North. We arrived home shortly after 12:30pm and unloaded all of our stuff. I called my parents a short time later to see how the Dr.'s visit went. They were given meds and I hope that knocks it quick. Since then I have settled on the couch procrastinating the laundry that needs to be done so I will have something to wear for work tomorrow.

Here is a few pics from the ice storm in Kentucky that I got from my Aunts camera.

A bush in my Grandmas front yard.
The power lines that run several feet over the carport is almost touching it.

My Uncle and Aunts pop up camper has seen better days. The ice covered branches snapped off and fell into the roof punching more than a dozen holes in the top. Some were 2 inches in diameter.

A very large tree fell across the road in front of my Grandmas house. The lines you see going diagonal across the image are still down across the driveway almost a month later.