Anyone want to go for a drive?
When I was little, before gas prices skyrocketed, my Dad used to love to take us for a Sunday drive in the country to see one-room school houses and old abandoned cemeteries.
Our drive to the lake is 3 hours, and most of the drive has no direct route via interstates. Instead, we drive through back-country roads, past weathered barns, horses, and a loose cow. The owners of the farms, houses, trailers and stores are becoming familiar as we increase our travel to the lake, yet they still remain strangers.
I put this video together during our summer drives to the lake. (Yes, it’s a little shaky, I hope you don’t get car sick.) Here’s a chance to join us, as fellow travelers, in our noisy van with four boys, to see some of the highlights of our drive.
While posting this video on you tube, I found this beautiful video of the Farm Auction. Stick with it, after the first few seconds, the video turns into black and white stills. Each pictures tells a story… Sniff, sniff.
21 Comments
ellen b
Susiej! I enjoyed my drive to the lake with you today! Now I want a donut!!
jams o donnell
Ahh now that looks far better than a train to work! Nice vid. Happy WW
SandyCarlson
That was a lovely, interesting ride. Thanks!
liza
What a great ride.
a simple life
It was a lovely ride. Have a great day.
Mama Pajama
What beautiful scenery! And I loved the kids comments…Naynaynay…. So sweet.
zamejias
Wow! Lovely ride on a lovely day -and I’m sure with lovely people. Happy WW.
shesawriter
Love the barn! 🙂
Happy WW!!
Lori
LOL…..too funny. Happy WW.
Christina
That is amazingly beautiful. I felt like I was right there with you! I loved hearing the laughs and comments.
MamaGeek
Wow, what a truly fantastic (serene I might add) ride Susie!
Eve
Cool! Thanks for inviting me along. 😀
Tumblewords
Great ride – your lake road is far bigger and better than mine! Beautiful scenery you have! Fine traveling companions!
Shari
Good idea – including us as the fellow travelers. What a beautiful lake. Makes me wish it were summer again. I’ll be traveling with 5 kids in the Fall. It’s exciting, isn’t it – so many young travel companions.
Robin
What a lovely green area. Lucky you to be able to travel through it so often.
gautami tripathy
you took us on a great ride..
leveller
arizaphale
OK. I LOVED that. What a fantastic privilege to live in such a beautiful area. Nice music too.
melody is slurping life
Your drive to the lake was beautiful and fun. The roaming cow reminds me of the rooster, hen and chicks which roamed the streets of the mountain town near our home. There were actually chicken crossing signs posted.
The farm auction just made me cry. Beautiful photos, but a sad event in my heart. So many of those farms are auctioned and become subdivisions or other types of developments. How I wish the human race treasured the earth more dearly. I’ll hush now.
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