Fun For Me ... Music For You

Over the weekend of August 5th and 6th Sondra and I played music for The Battle of Athens out near Kahoka, Mo. Saturday Sondra and I played alone from 10:30 to 4:30 and then on Sunday we were joined by Doug and Danny from Ely from 10:30 to 4:00.

Saturday we played all day right next to the exhibit booths but on Sunday they asked us to also go down and play at The Cannon House where there were some historic exhibits.

When we got down there, we decided to take a break and follow a path. We didn't know where it was going to lead, but it was just too tempting not to go. We thought we could see a pond and I grabbed the camera and off we went.

Here's what we found.

We walked down a pretty steep brushy path and found the Athens Mill Ruins. Very cool and what a surprise!

You can see the foundations walls and that's about all that's left of it now. It was interesting to look at it and try to imagine what it was like when it was a working mill.

Here's a better shot of the wall and the stone work.

Here's a close up.

See that water? At this point we're still thinking it's a pond.

Surprise!
It's the Des Moines River!!!
It was beautiful!
So peaceful.

See the sand bars?
It was so tempting to walk out there and stand in the middle of the river on one of those sand bars. The next time I'm there, I think I'm going to just do that!
I definitely want to go back.

It was such a beautiful day!
I could have just stayed right there and enjoyed this for hours.

I don't know if it was this shallow all the way across at this point or not. I will experiment next time and see what I can find out.

Doesn't the picture below just make you want to jump right in?
It does me!!!

And last but not least ... I thought this was a great shot of the reflection of the trees on the water. I love the beauty of nature. I can actually feel a physical reaction to it. A feeling of peace and calm.