June 24, 2020

Chasing the sunset after tennis tonight

Couldn’t choose between coming or going

June 23, 2020

Sam got her first job today – guess where?

June 22, 2020

Sad day, my yard guests left… at least I will see them again in 5 days!

Deb ran over several pieces of metal… I finally gave up and got a new tire.

June 21, 2020

Happy Father’s Day. I started early with a bike ride, fixed a lawn mower, then James, Elizabeth and I headed to Morrow Mountain State Park for a hike and picnic before kayaking.

The summit road was closed, so we hiked from the bottom.

Along the way we met a couple walking their cat on a leash.

I can’t take James and Elizabeth somewhere that doesn’t have a waterfall…. Moccasin Creek Falls on Falls Reservoir

For those who know the paddle, the dam was releasing water and the spillway was sending water over the rock island… the water was faster than I have ever seen it. I really thought there was no way we were going to make it to the caves today, but Beth was determined. We tried the right side, Clay attacked the middle and finally Beth said we had to go up the left bank, portage over the rocks and then all we had to do was cross the river – sounds easy enough. I was sure I was going to be swimming again like the last time I tried to make it during a release, so no pictures, I put everything away.

After long effort over the rocks we made it!

Nobody was flipped and Beth got to paddle into the cave.

June 20, 2020

Time to hike! We decided not to kayak since water was up and fast from recent rains, so we went to the closest waterfalls – Hanging Rock State Park. #1 Tory’s Falls

#2

and a pretty drop below the pool of Lower Cascades Falls

#3 Window Falls

Window Falls from behind

Pretty unnamed falls above Window Falls

Hidden Falls

#4 Upper Cascades Falls from above

and below

Follow the creek down from Upper Cascades Falls to find this unnamed drop

After hiking we decided to explore, and found this building. Col. Jack Martin Stone House

Rider Falls – it’s on private property and this is the view from the road… it’s not in Kevin Adam’s book?

Maybe a Taco Tuesday picture as seen through an old farm building

 

June 19, 2020

Back on! Two solid 9 hour days to make it happen!

June 18, 2020

The Flippac is off the truck. Sewing in new screens (Thanks Beth and James)

June 17, 2020

Speaking of helping friends. I come home from work to find the moochdockers living in my front yard had fixed the footer for my porch

Then we dropped 4 dead trees around the driveway – thanks James and Elizabeth!

June 16, 2020

Trying to help a friend fix their lawn mower, when the carb was taken apart, the needle valve was missing…. someone has been in here before : 0

June 15, 2020

More drive thru graduations. Eastern and Southern Guilford High School

It’s an odd year