Amerson Farm

Georgetown, Kentucky

It has been a week now since Kirby had his surgery on his leg and today we went on a big outing!  NOT!  In the office of the RV park I had picked up a flyer for a local place called Amerson Farm that sounded like not too much to overwhelm Kirby yet some interesting stuff to enjoy, like a huge selection of Case Knives, some local chocolates and Beer Cheese, rock collections and old glass.

We headed out and set the GPS to get us there.  We drove right by the place because all we saw were sheds for sale and some rental trucks.  We turned around and decided to go where the GPS told us to go!  It was behind some trees and I didn't see any farm so at first we were a bit confused.  It sure didn’t look like what we expected.

We went in the first little shack and found no one around.  I poked around a bit and found some Mexican items, The Big Green Egg and other interesting things.  This is where the old glass was housed.

It only took a couple of minutes in there and we went to see what the other building held.  Ah, here is where the Case Knives were!  Beautiful, beautiful knives.  I couldn’t find one that wasn’t a work of art.  And of course my pictures didn’t turn out because they were all behind glass.  No touching!  It was a small place where they also rented the trucks and sold the sheds.  There were dogs everywhere – at least 5.  I wanted Kirby to choose a knife as his Father’s Day gift but he was too practical and left without one but not before buying some Beer Cheese.

We brought the cheese home and immediately dipped into it to see what all the to-do was about.  Yum! I loved it! It is supposed to go on crackers but for me, a spoon worked just fine!  I found a good sounding recipe on Allrecipes and want to try it when I get a food processor again.  (Click here to go to the recipe.) If you try it, let me know what you think.  From what I read, you really can only find it in Kentucky.

Reunion

Well, I sure have been negligent about my blog haven’t I?  Can I use the excuse of having so much fun that I haven’t had time?

We are now getting settled into our winter home.  We are in Yuma, AZ on a lovely lot that faces the morning sun coming over the mountains.  We are really enjoying the dry, warm fall weather.  When we get settled I will take a picture so you can see where we plan to spend the next few months.

Before getting here we had a reunion with some of our really good friends from back when we all had sailboats and were in Mexico.  Ray and Lucy you have met here on my pages before as we have been touring with them a lot in the past weeks.  Jim and Heather drove their little Scamp over from Ventura, CA.  You met them when we were in Gorman, California last Memorial Day weekend.  And we were surprised, again, by the unexpected appearance of Susan and Alan.  They did the same thing in Gorman so I should have expected them to join in but I was unprepared and totally overwhelmed when I looked up and there they were in Bullhead City with the rest of us!

Ray got out his tripod and actually got us all to pose for a picture. From left to right - Me, Kirby, Heather, Jim, Lucy and Ray.

On the last day the weather improved and we were able to sit outside at the clubhouse for our games. Left to right - Lucy, Jim, Heather, Ray and Kirby.

Lexie loved swimming in the Colorado River but Jake just wouldn't get any more wet than this!

This is the view across the Colorado River to Laughlin, NV where there are CASINOS!!

The 4 day weekend with our friends was just totally awesome!  The only bad thing was the weather.  We planned on good weather and being outdoors the whole time.  It did not work – the wind blew about 40 mph for 3 of our 4 days.  But that did not stop us from carrying on and having lots of fun!  We played a lot of Mexican Train and some Uno and also Apples to Apples.  Heather brought some fun props and decorations; and we also made a trip to Goodwill where we picked up some more fun things – hats!  So sad to see the festivities come to an end but we all were exhausted from all the fun!

 So, stay tuned for our winter activities.  We are not ones to just sit around!