Turkey Run!

"wedge rock"

hmm mysterious

he's at it again

ladders into canyon

huge black walnut tree

this is how us wilderness folk have to bathe!

am i really supposed to go in there?

caveman!

sugar creek

another large black walnut tree

happy blue flowers!

this is what most of indiana looks like

weee!

ran out of bikes at grandma's house, but this is just as good!

luke's old house

we made it to indiana! so far we've gone to grandma's house, seen expansive fields of nothing, and gone to Turkey Run park for hiking! i was surprised at how cool Turkey Run was. trails go along sugar creek and into canyons early settlers found, apparently the rock formations haven't changed much since Ice Age times and resemble what the settlers looked at years ago still. climbing in and around canyons is pretty fun! they had ladders and all kinds of crazy stairs, it was certainly a good work out. other than that we have just been hangin out, playing guitars and banjo, and monopoly. good ol' fashioned family fun!

Last Days in Tennessee

luke's aunt, uncle, and cousin near knoxville

basket with wheels, that's how lazy tennesseans must be

piggy and her son samson at amy and paul's house

and sophie the dog!

we left amy and paul's on monday and drove up to mariville near knoxville tennessee to stay with some of luke's family. that day we did some hiking in the smokey mountains, as seen in the pictures. we hiked along a river and saw lots of waterfalls! also, we saw no bears, which is apparently pretty common. they say they are friendly? i am not so sure...

we enjoyed some mexican food with luke's family and in the morning we were off to indiana...

i've been doing lots of crafting lately, and i am thinking about creating an etsy page to sell some stuff to support our journey! there's a hat i made! still working on more to start a page, but if you already know you want something specific let me know. i can do hats, socks, arm warmers, scarves, etc. have you own little piece of our journey and support our travels!

we are probably leaving cleveland sunday and heading north to Knoxville to visit Luke's aunt and then Indiana to see the rest of his family! its funny, i feel so settled after being here so long, but its exciting to get moving again. its been nice to just have some time to work on creative things and not think about everything for awhile. thanks amy and paul and animal friends for letting us stay with you so long! its been so much fun! i'd say my favorites were roller skating, bonfire with giant marshmallows, and True Blood marathon. i can't wait for season 4!!!! maybe we will come back then to watch it haha!

well, soon to hit the road, more to come!

Hoopy Loopy

i apologize for blog neglection...here's a video to make up for it!

using some LED "fairy lights" from Amy's mom's wedding i crafted some fireside entertainment! i'm thinking i need to make more...the lights come in colors too! if anyone has any interest in possibly purchasing this sort of thing, let me know i would be happy to make you one!