The good thing about visiting Ohio relatives is it gives us an opportunity to visit Indiana relatives as well. Grandma and Grandpa both came from this area of the country and there is a lot of history and many memories here. |
| Grandpa & Grandma Fleisch's old homestead |
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| Bennett and Ruth waiting for the picture |
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| the girls... smile patiently for the camera - in the Fleisch yard |
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| The quiet road we played in... one single tractor passed us this entire time. |
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| Grandpa |
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| Playing in the road |
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| The lone tractor that drove past us while we visited the Fleisch farm |
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| the famous well pump... we watered Grandma's flowers from this pump when we were little kids. |
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| Uncle Joe and Aunt Verna's home in Boston, IN... not quite the same, but the memories are there. |
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| Grandma's school in Boston |
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| The airfield |
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| Grandma's Grandma's house... |
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| Grandma and Maggie going to find Aunt Tommae's headstone |
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| Lydia didn't want to get out of the van, so she waited patiently for us to finish. |
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| Grandpa shows Ruth another family headstone |
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| The Army plaque for Grandpa Fleisch's headstone. |
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| Where Bennett got his name! His Great-Great Grandparents. (The parents of Grandma Esther Fleisch) |
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| Grandpa and Grandma Fleisch |
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| Lydia decided she was tired of waiting - so she joined us. |
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| The Bennett and Fleisch headstones |
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| The Wallace Farm - Grandpa Phil and Grandma Ree |
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| The porch seems different and much smaller now. |
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| Fields of grain |
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| The State Line - I'm in Indiana/ I'm in Ohio! |
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| Back at the Fleisch Farm |
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| Grandma and the farm |
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| Back at the High School in Boston... not used today. |
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| The Famous Clara's Restaurant |
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| The Bus inside Clara's |
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| the kids posed in the bus - since we didn't get to eat in there. |
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| Grandma's tenderloin sandwich! |
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| The family table - Bennett went up to the other level to take this for us |
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| YUMMY Tenderloin! There's no other like it. |
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| Packing in to head back south |
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| Kentucky State line... just getting started. |
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| Our Picnic lunch in Berea, KY |
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| we love warm days for eating on a blanket. |
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| Strawberries for Lydia |
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| Strawberries for Maggie |
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| Water for Ruth. |
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| Bennett and his strawberries too. |
The Ocoee River in Tennessee had already diverted the water for the day. The use it for power, but during the day they use it for white water rafting. On the way up we stopped to watch the kayakers manage the rapids, but today we were able to get close to the water and see all the spots usually hidden by rushing water. This ramp is where the rafters walk their rafts into the water. The water would usually be over their heads. | ||
On the Ocoee River in Tennessee . |
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| Daddy explains to the kids how the water flows around the dam for energy, or over for the rafters. |
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| Daddy and the kiddos |
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| Tennessee state line... getting closer to home. |
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| Princess Lydia - prancing up the ramp. |
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| Almost Home!! |
