A stroll by the river

[fossis]

The snow is melted, the weather was sunny & georgeous, so I took a 'stroll by the River' today.
The dam & pump house are from years ago.
The memorial cross is for a boy who drowned last year in this area.

Fossis.............

 

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[CarolinaDigs]

Wonderful pics Fossis

 

[fossis]

Wonderful pics Fossis

Thanks Carolina

Fossis..............

 

[Digginman]

Outstanding pics, fossis. The Memorial is very touching.

DM

 

[fossis]

Outstanding pics, fossis. The Memorial is very touching.

DM

Thanks DM, that's the first time I have seen it.

Fossis.............

 

[Cynangyl]

Great pics! Interesting to see how the fencing became part of the tree and of course the memorial is very touching, amazing how all the branches are so curled in that one. Thanks for sharing!

 

[fossis]

The 'twisted vines' are (grape vines), we used to cut the straight ones off at the bottom & play 'Tarzan', also 'smoked the small ones'.

Fossis..............

 

[Cynangyl]

lol somehow that face you used seems to say it all....I will make sure not to try smoking them! They sure are beautiful though! I wish you had video of the tarzan antics!

 

[Old Dog]

When I was young and dumb ...
a gouple friends and I chose our short length of vine and lit up...

and let me tell you that was the very last time for me.
I promised myself that I would never again smoke any.

It seems my piece had some ants in it and they went out the end that wasn't lit .

LOL.

Thanks for the memory Fossis.

Thom

 

[fossis]

lol somehow that face you used seems to say it all....I will make sure not to try smoking them! They sure are beautiful though! I wish you had video of the tarzan antics!

When I was very small we had a long 'grapevine' on a hill behind the house, we used it for years, (never broke).

Fossis.............

 

[fossis]

When I was young and dumb ...
a gouple friends and I chose our short length of vine and lit up...

and let me tell you that was the very last time for me.
I promised myself that I would never again smoke any.

It seems my piece had some ants in it and they went out the end that wasn't lit .

LOL.

Thanks for the memory Fossis.

Thom

LOL, that would have been rough, the 'gunk' in them while being smoked, would make a 'cigar' seem mild.

Fossis............

 

[gnewt]

That is the kind of place that brings on a suffering thats hard to get over.
Can you imagine sitting down there and trying to get up and leave because its getting dark. Thats hard to get over, oh the pain of it. You may get over it Fossis,
it will take time. Its like getting back on a horse after its thrown you, so you will have to go back someday soon. Gnewt

 

[mamabear]

beautiful day to go for a walk. the memorial is touching. my heart goes out to the family.
when I was young we would ride the grape vines like horses and pretend we were in Ponderosa. ( I was always Little Joes wife.)

 

[fossis]

That is the kind of place that brings on a suffering thats hard to get over.
Can you imagine sitting down there and trying to get up and leave because its getting dark. Thats hard to get over, oh the pain of it. You may get over it Fossis,
it will take time. Its like getting back on a horse after its thrown you, so you will have to go back someday soon. Gnewt

I noticed there were no 'fishermen' at this place, maybe they have a bad feeling here now.
I didn't personally know this boy, but I know how it must be for the family to come back to this memorial.

Fossis............

 

[fossis]

beautiful day to go for a walk. the memorial is touching. my heart goes out to the family.
when I was young we would ride the grape vines like horses and pretend we were in Ponderosa. ( I was always Little Joes wife.)

Ahhh the memories, we rode a lot of 'vine horses' also.

Fossis..............

 

[Mental Granny]

Great Pics s always you got pretty sights--very sad the cross is a lovely rememberance!

 

[fossis]

Great Pics s always you got pretty sights--very sad the cross is a lovely rememberance!

Thanks Granny

Fossis............

 

[COUNTRY GIRL]

Great place to take a walk Fossis. Sad a boy drowned, but a nice reminder to the other kids to be careful. Keep these sittes and stories coming!

 

[Old Dog]

What Kind of fish are in that hole ??
Looks like an awesome spot.

Thom

 

[VanGone]

Another great post Fossis,with great pictures. For those that don't know,those kind of dams are very dangerous. We have one like that on our river and it took the lives of two firemen that were in on a rescue. They pull you in and just keep you there and the water doesn't have to be real deep for them to be a problem Keep them coming Fossis. I haven't been on here much ,too many projects with the family,but I still like to read the posts on here.
Van