Visit with Adam (my brother) and family

After about 7 hours of driving from West Virginia, we finally landed at my brother Adam place in Pleasureville, Kentucky. Getting there was no small feat. They live way out in the middle of the boonies on roads that wound through the beautiful countryside - would come to an intersection and then wind some more, come to another intersection and wind some more! By the time we got there we were very disoriented especially after the "ordeal" from earlier in the day. See the previous blog for details.

Adam, his wife Valerie, and their daughter Sydney, have a great house in the gorgeous Kentucky countryside with big beautiful yard outback that's flanked by two large wooded areas - 12 acres in all. Very peaceful and quiet and lovely.

My lovely niece, Sydney made lasagna for dinner which we wound up eating quite late and visited and chatted until about 11 p.m. when we all retired. It was too dark in late to set up our rooftop tent so we slept in their house. Bernie, Gertie, and myself in a twin bed which in the middle of the night decided to break! No worries however we were so tired that we slept right through it.

In the morning Bernie showed the girls how to make soap, which came out absolutely beautiful. They are thinking about starting a cottage business and selling their products at a local farmers market and craft fair. We had a nice drive into town which is about 20 minutes away in Shelbyville. Found a cute little spot and had some fabulous grilled cheese on sourdough, and delicious chili. Later that afternoon when we got home we took naps. Had leftover lasagna for dinner with fresh garlic bread and salad, and watched a movie before going to bed.

It rained overnight, so it was a first in the Tepui (tent). We stayed nice and dry, but putting everything away wet was a challenge...

A short but sweet stay - lots of quality time with members of my beautiful family. There is actually talk of Bernie and I setting up a yurt on their property and us staying in it for a couple of months during the spring or summer to help them with some of their gardening projects.

Thank you for reading, and we're on to the next adventure which is not that adventurous but after spending the night in the rooftop tent and it raining, we decided to drive to Memphis and spend the night in a hotel. We found a nice place downtown and had nice hot showers and comfortable bed great meal and are heading to Arkansas now. See you on the other side.

The next blog will be the day after tomorrow after our stay in Arkansas. Trying to get caught up with my blogging here so thank you for your patience!