Family Celebration

This time of the year is always a little sadder for us.  4 years ago our Daughter Monica passed away, and since that time we have always had a little family get together. This year was no exception. Nothing fancy just our Son KR, Our Granddaughter Holly and her Husband Jameison.   

I just realized yesterday that on her birthday she would have been 49.  Times sure does pass fast.  We took time to look at our old family pictures, most of which were black and white.  Brought back a lot of good memories.  One of my next projects will be to find a method to transfer those old black and whites to digital as well as our 2500 35MM slides.   In this day and age there has to be a way to do this.  If you know of when please drop me a note.   

Nancy made this Cheesecake. Great taste

Deviled Eggs are always a treat.  

Family Picture.  Nancy is showing off the first
pictures of Monica

More Monica pictures.   KR is looking at the old Olan Mills
album.  It cost about 50 dollars when we signed up for
it and glad now that we did.  Not sure what the cost would be now

Jameison, Holly, Rick and KR.  

Holly made this delicious Chocolate Cake.  Everyone
had their share and then some

Excuse the bad picture.  It was the camera's fault.
Fully automatic and sometimes it goofs.  This is
the only one twosome I had so will be keeping it

Jameison, Holly and KR going over more family pictures.
Part of the collection are news articles and pictures of
my side of the family.  My Father was killed in WWII
and the obituary was one of the articles they saw.

No dinner is complete without the kitchen mess and cleanup

Nice Picture. KR and his Mom

Great Macaroni and Cheese in the Rachel Ray Dish


Thanks for viewing our family blog and we hope you have a great week and summer

Rick, Nancy, Bandit, Belle, KR, Jameison and Holly

Hocking Hills Ohio

We live just a few miles from the Hocking Hills.  It is a great place to just take a drive along the back roads and see all there is to see.  The trip from our home in Canal Winchester, through a small part of the hills, was about 100 miles.  This is also a great drive during the fall.  Lots of color here in Ohio.   I hope you enjoy the pictures.

In the late 60's my parents used to camp at Adena Ridge.  The
campground is gone but here is the old road

Another view of the  Adena Ridge Campground Area
The area is about 5 miles from our home

Metal Turkey's along Route 33 east of Lancaster Ohio.
If you exit at the 33 bypass and business routes , there is
a road that takes you into the parking area.  Nice place to visit
The official name of the area is the
Flight of the Hawk Sculptural Park

Lancaster had a Corvette Rally today. This is one that
pulled up along side of us.  Lots of collector cars
of all years and models in Lancaster Ohio
For additional info on Lancaster Ohio

Metal deer just off of Route 33. See above pictures for directions
Area is located just east of Lancaster Ohio  on route 33.
Additional Pictures from the G S Hamilton web site

The big metal eagle at the Sculptural park.  Look at these
pictures from David Stith Photos

Just a nice porch and home on Route 33 East

Clear Creek Cabin on Route CR 116

Clear Creek recreation parking area.  Access to many
trails and a creek to fish.  Look at this you tube
video for a close look at Clear Creek Metro park

The sign says road narrows.  They were right. This is
on CR 116 going thru the Clear Creek Area

Clear Creek Signage on CR 116.   Just down the road
is Camp Wyandot   The entrance is just past
the parking area

Walking path entrance at Clear Creek

Another Clear Creek Park walk way

This time of the year in Ohio there are lots of
roadside farm markets. This is just one of them

Animals on the Wahkeena Park road.

Can you spot the Pygmy Goat? This is  on the road to
 Wahkeena. If not check this out Goats   For a Pygmy Goat
  video check this YouTube Video For more info
on the area see Wahkeena Nature Preserve

Hocking Hills Terrain

Another Hocking Hills view.  This is the facebook
page for  Friends of Hocking Hills

KOA Campground in Hocking Hills. Nice view from this park

Hocking Hills sign near Old Man's Cave

Driving view along route 664 in Hocking Hills

Beats the city life

No traffic today. Just a lot of pretty scenes

Notice the farms in the background. This is on the
way to Tarlton Ohio

Hocking River.  Pretty small.  Locals say it is so
small it only runs twice a year

Boat on Logan.  I used to fish this lake many years
ago.  Northern Pike, Bass,, are just a few of the
fish in this lake.  In addition it has a nice shoreline
to look upon when fishing is slow.

Lake Logan Campground. There is another campground
at the east end of the lake

A cove at Lake Logan. I remember years ago there
was a article in the Columbus Dispatch about
a small boy catching a 5 lb plus bass off of the bridge
to this cove. Located near the dock area

Lake Logan Dam and spillway.  Nice picnic area
adjacent to the dam

Lake Logan boat dock and picnic area.  This is just
a pretty lake and a easy place to put in your boat

This is Jerry's. Years ago this was a Evinrude engine
repair and sales store.  Building still there but
the business is gone

Lake Logan Sign located just below the spillway
Check out this Lake Logan website

Swimming area at Lake Logan   It is always busy but plenty
of room for more

This is the west end of the lake and never caught many
fish here, but it sure is pretty. Always tried it but
not very successful

Road into Laurelville Ohio 

Town Square in Laurelville

Laurelville Ohio is a big supplier of firewood in the area.

A few motorcycles in the over flow parking area for the
local biker bar on Route 664.  The Harley riders
are the friendliest people.  Across from this lot was an
additional 50 plus bikes

This is Old Man's Cave Middle Falls.  Picture was taken
from website and the photo was shot by J Campbell
Here are additional pictures on Old Mans Cave
There is more pics at DNR Website

Old Man's Cave Campground entrance.  Here are
some additional pictures of the Old Mans Cave area

Old Man's Cave cliff signage  Take a look at
these pictures from Flicker  Scroll through the pictures
from the control upper right of pics.  The Flicker video
has pictures from many different areas in Ohio
 and elsewhere.  Enjoy

This is the old picnic area.  Years ago we brought our
Granddaughter Holly here for a Colonel Sanders
Chicken dinner.  The tables have been removed
and the area upgraded.  This is now part of the campground

Lots of cars in the Old Man's Cave parking lot.  You should
see the same area in the fall.

Many cars and families enjoying the Old Man's cave
area.  There is no charge to enter, so this makes a
nice family outing.  This is especially true
 in the current economy

There are 3 levels of parking in cave area

Families heading down the path to an Old Mans
Cave adventure

A family enjoying a picnic lunch

Walking bridge in the old picnic area.  Back in
the day many families enjoyed picnics here before
the expansion and removal of about 10 picnic tables

Old Mans Cave Shelter House. If you have a big
family reunion planned  this is the place
to consider

Grandma Gatewood area.  This picture is from the a
Old Man's Cave website and was taken by T Walker
For additional info see the DNR Website

This is the Spinix and the picture was
taken by Eric Hoffman. Picture is on the
DNR Website website

This is the reception area at Wahkeela Nature preserve.Check
out their facebook page

Nice home just adjacent to the Wahkeena nature area

Just a nice view and home on the way to
Wahkeena

Wahkeena Signage.  This is the Wahkeena Nature facebook page

Not sure what they are, but these plants have  posts and
screens protecting them from something.  There were
several others areas with the same protection on the
road to Wahkeena

Cannot see it but if you go to Amanda Ohio look
in the windows.  Old cars abound

This is the Dumford house in downtown Amanda.
Here is the facebook page for Amanda

Another nice home in Amanda Ohio

Old Grain building.  Now shut down

The small town of Amanda has a lot of older nice
homes.  Pleasant area to drive through

The road through Amanda Ohio.  This is about
15 miles or so from our place

Thanks for viewing our blog and hope you have a great day

Rick, Nancy, Bandit and Belle