The Noehren's

We have been talking about renting a pontoon boat with my parents for 3 years, so finally we found an open Friday and made it happen.  It was so fun!  We have a great time just cruising around Laurel Lake, swimming, fishing and exploring the huge lake.   Lunch time on the boat  We found the neatest rock alcove.  Nobody was back here and it was so beautiful!               I'm so glad we did it.  It was such a fun day!  Definitely something to do again.

A few months ago I came up with an excellent idea.  I thought it would be fun to section hike the entire 233 miles of the Sheltowee Trace Trail as a family over the next few years.  It goes vertically through most of Kentucky and into Tennessee, and is much closer and many fewer miles than, say the AT.  Brian was game and the kids slowly warmed up to the idea. Well, the time came for our first section backpacking trip.  We shaved 1 day off due to storms, but set out to hike the first 24 miles in 2 days, instead of our planned 36 miles in 3 days.  My dad was kind enough to drive up with us and help drop off our car in Morehead and then drive us to the start of the trail.    Literally 50 yards down the start of a trail was a stream that proved quite hard to cross.  We ended up making a run for it and jumping across.    We saw so many turtles on the Sheltowee Trace trail!  How ironic.  The trail symbol is a turtle and...