Homesteading on a Blackberry Hilltop
February 21, 2025 On February 19 (Wednesday), we left the house covered with snow and bare rooms. Through snow and ice, with winter weather advisories and warnings, Cliff the Big Red Truck rolled to Junction City, Kansas. In Junction City, Kansas, Bruce fueled up at Sapp Bros while I found a nearby Motel 6 that […]
Read More Arrived Safely in Golden, ColoradoFebruary 15, 2025 On February 14 (Friday), I woke up to flood warnings in Florence, AL from the National Weather Service. The Tennessee River was (and still is) at flood stage. I mentioned I wanted to go to the Rockpile Recreation Park along the Tennessee River to see the water pouring over the Wilson Dam. […]
Read More Valentine’s Day, Blackberry Homestead StyleFebruary 11, 2025 On Sunday (February 9), we drove to Lowe’s and bought a cubic yard of topsoil. We had it loaded into the truck bed by a Lowe’s employee. When we arrived at the house, Bruce drove the truck next to the last tall bed. We filled one tall bed with the dirt. The […]
Read More Buying Dirt and Registering RV in AlabamaFebruary 10, 2025 On Saturday (February 8), the weather was warm, but it was threatening rain. Bruce decided we could drop off his motorcycle at Longshore Cycle Center in Florence, AL. Bruce had ordered new motorcycle tires and they arrived just before he had to take care of his dad. We geared up and rode […]
Read More Dropping Off the Motorcycle for Service and a Tour of Pope’s TavernNovember 7, 2024 Yesterday, early afternoon, Bruce arrived at Jekyll Island, Georgia. I checked on Bruce with Life360 as he rode from Bushnell, Florida to Jekyll Island, Georgia. When Bruce stopped for gas, I would get an alert letting me know he had completed a trip and how many miles. I would watch as he […]
Read More Bruce Made It Safely to Jekyll Island, GeorgiaOctober 26, 2024 When I was picking up rocks out of the yard, I noticed most of the rocks were limestone. I was delighted to notice fossils in some of the rocks. The mussel fossils are pretty and easy to recognize. Based on my limited research of using Google Glass, this appears to be several […]
Read More Limestone Shell FossilsOctober 2, 2024 Today, I added Tennessee to our maps since we spent a couple of nights in Nashville, Tennessee.
Read More Tennessee Added to Our MapsOctober 1, 2024 I did a brief post on our trip to Florence AL RV Park from the Riverstone factory in Topeka on September 25 to September 26. I am sharing my pictures of our trip. We drove from the hotel we stayed in at Goshen, Indiana to the Riverstone factory in Topeka, Indiana. We […]
Read More Last Long Trip in Our Riverstone?September 27, 2024 We picked up the RV on Wednesday and left the factory at 2:30 PM. Bruce drove to just south of Indianapolis, Indiana. We got up early and got out at 7:30 AM. Bruce drove to Florence with stops at rest areas and truck stops. We arrived at the Florence RV Park at […]
Read More Made It Back to Florence, ALSeptember 24, 2024 On September 10, we were walking along the bank of the Tennessee River when we spotted a great blue heron eating a fish.
Read More Fishing on the Tennessee River
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