Thanksgiving Celebration

Prior to our Thanksgiving celebration, we spent a couple of afternoon visiting with Janetta and Tessa, and exploring Rockcastle County.

Tom and I browsed through the shops in the little artist village in Berea, KY.  We’ve driven by so many times as we travelled north or south on I-75, but this was our first time stopping and visiting the area.

We found several really cute shops, and picked up a few gifts.  Another day, Janetta took Tom out on their gator to explore their property, while I visited with the cows and took pictures of the barn.

I dodged the cowpatties in the back pasture, and went out to get a closer look at the cows – and some pictures!

I think they were a little confused about why I was out there with them!

The little calf was so cute – peeking out from behind its mama!

Janetta has so many interesting things around to capture in photographs!

Thursday was a beautiful day – warm and sunny!

Bryan had gotten home from Virginia on Wednesday, as did their son, Tristan, from college.  We would be joining the four of them, along with Janetta’s parents and uncle, for their Thanksgiving celebration.

I had made an apple pie to bring with us.

There was a huge selection of food,

and nobody went hungry!

Dinner was delicious, and the company was great – we’re so grateful to have been included in their celebration!

That’s one of the best things about this lifestyle -- as we travel the country, we continue to meet new people, and often even just a short interaction with someone will result in a lifelong friendship!

After cleaning up the dishes, Tom and I went for a drive with Bryan and Janetta to Climax Spring.  It’s a natural spring flowing out of the mountain, and a local company actually has a bottling operation at the site.

This spring has supplied drinking water to the locals for 100 years, so part of the arrangement that allowed bottling of the water also stated that free public access to the water had to remain. 

While we were there, several people came with water tanks and empty gallon jugs to get their water to take home, and there was a young girl having her senior pictures being taken in front of the waterfall.

It is a very picturesque area, so we took the opportunity to get some pictures, too, while we waited for our turn to get some water.

The old corn crib,

a pretty barn across the street,

and selfie opportunities in front of the waterfall.

We got our own selfie with Janetta and Bryan in the background while they took their own.

When it was our turn, we took our red solo cups over to the water pipe, and each got a cup of fresh, cold, mountain spring water!

Mmmmm . . . we feel younger already!

It was a great day spent with wonderful friends!  We’re so thankful!