Camping trip to Carter Caves

Natalie and I wanted to do another local trip with the camper before we headed anywhere out of state with it. We chose Carter Caves here in Kentucky. We got a pretty nice campsite and we took the bikes for looking around the campgrounds.

Our first tour was called Cascade Cave and was very interesting. I had not been on a cave tour in a long time, so we both enjoyed the formations.

Scenery around the cave entrances was also spectacular.

The second cave we went through was called the X cave because of it's shape. It resembled a crevasse in the cave system and was also quite interesting.

This was the old entrance to the cave. There was originally a hanging bridge from the other side of the canyon. It collapsed years ago and a new entrance was created.

Nature is very persistent, as demonstrated by this tree growing on a boulder. Makes for beautiful scenery, too.
 

Camping season has begun

This past weekend, we started the camping season at Boonesboro State Park. It's closer to home in case anything goes wrong. We were in site # 142 in the back corner of the campground.

The spot was a nice one, if a bit on the short side. The camper is a smaller one, so everything fit in Ok. Natalie wanted me to wait until she got out of the picture, but I didn't.

Here we are all set up and enjoying the sunshine. It did rain Friday night, but the rest of our stay was nice weather.

We picked up a new mat for the steps. I like it.

We got to spend some time watching the river flow past. There wasn't very much boat traffic. That was surprising. I should have brought a fishing pole. I will next time.
 

Fishing trip to Cave Run

This morning, Natalie, Heather, Willow and I went fishing. We went to Cave Run Lake, mostly because it's close by if anything goes wrong. This is the first time out for the boat this year.

We had a beautiful day to be out on the water. It started out on the chilly side , but warmed up very nicely.

There was a bunch of tree swallows resting on this old tree truck sticking out of the water. We got to watch them for a little while.

I beached the boat near Twin Knobs to wipe some of the dust off the top of the boat. Willow had fun running around in the sand.

The view of Twin Knobs from the middle of the lake. The water is still on the cool side (61), but is warming up fairly quickly now. We got a few nibbles today, but didn't catch anything.
 

Finally here!

Base cabinet painted

Natalie got the base cabinet painted this weekend. She wasn't really happy that I took her picture, though.

The drawer fronts and doors still need paint. Warmer weather is coming, so they will get painted soon.
 

New Rototiller ready to go

I ordered a new rear tine rototiller last week. It came in a day early. I got a message on Monday that it was in, so I picked it up. It was almost dark when I got home with it, so I waited until Tuesday to unload it.

The assembly wasn't really hard to do, just attaching the handle and controls.

The hard part was replacing the oil filler cap after I put oil in it. I knew about this from reading reviews on it, but it still needed a little more coaxing to finish it up today. I put some gas in it and it tested out good. The garden is ready to plant. That part will have to wait until March, though.
 

New brakes for the car

It was time for new brakes for the car. They started scraping a couple days ago, so I ordered some new parts for it. They came mid-week, but today was the first chance I had to change them out.

It was the drivers' side that was making noise. They were a bit chewed up when I got them apart.

New ceramic pads and new rotors. It should be a lot quieter and work better, too. It took about an hour, so it wasn't too hard of a job to do.