Well, this was a busy week-end. Very, very busy. It started off Saturday with getting ready for a couple of ladies to come by and "shop" in my used scrapbook stuff. I have decided to downsize some of the scrapbook stuff that I have - and these ladies wanted to see what I had to get rid of. Sold about $20 worth, but now the word is out and I have a couple other ladies who want to come and look. I have not been scrapbooking lately, and really need to get back into doing it. I just don't have the desire to go up there and start. I go up there, but usually sit and watch a movie looking at the pictures that I need to scrap. It was fun to clean the stuff out because I found stuff that I didn't know I had.
After I got that stuff together, Tom and I left to go hiking. I went by myself last week-end and did about 3 miles. I am so proud of myself and surprised that I didn't hurt more after I got done. This week-end, Tom and I probably hiked about 2 miles total. We went to the southern most tip of Boone County in search of 2 old bridges we had been told about. One was right off the road and really neat. It had once been a bridge for one-way traffic but was redesigned for foot traffic. We crossed the bridge and started to hike the trail but it was way to wet so we turned around and headed back to the van. We were looking for some of the gorgeous colors of the trees turning colors, but didn't see many. We decided to search for the other bridge and headed down this road called "Backbone Road." Now, there is a reason this is called Backbone road. It is very narrow and has a HUGE drop-off on one side and a rock wall on the other side. Scott, the guy who told us about the road, warned us not to drive this road (which he did in his F-150 pickup) so we parked and walked. It was straight downhill to the other bridge. We commented that we can't believe anyone would drive this road. The bridge was really neat. The floor of it was gone and trees were growing where the floor used to be on the banks. Today, Tom looked at the arieal maps of Boone County and found that there is a beautiful house at the bottom of Backbone road - so people drive it everyday. They have my sympathy. Once we made it back up to the van we went down Johnson Cemetery Road - in search of the cemetery and found it. Of course, we had to walk that. Who in their right mind would pass a cemetery and not walk it????
After we got home mom and I headed to Independence to see Larry and Gail. Larry finished his first round of chemo and is doing really good. We had a nice dinner and great visit and then headed home. I can tell you I was really tired.
On Sunday, Tom and mom moved around all the outside plants and then watched the NASCAR race - GO CARL!!!! Kristi and Alayna went to Booneville to see Granny and Grandpapa. They had such a nice visit but Kristi is paying for playing all week-end because tonight she is going to be doing homework all night.
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