Dang we were almost neighbors if I hadn't fled the humidity and mosquitoes decades ago. When I was a child they still ran the fogger trucks up and down the roads. You could hear parents screaming for the kids got get inside. Ah those were the days...
We don't live here. We live much further south in Greenwood, IN. My parents have friends that have a lake house here so my family has been coming here on the 4th of july every year since before I was born. We usually have a huge party with a bunch of people from around the lake.
I grew up in Tippecanoe County. Loved going to Turkey Run and Shades State parks on the holiday weekends.
I've never been to shades state park, but I do love going to Turkey Run! I've only been there a couple times with girl scouts but I remember enjoying my time there.
Indiana has so many beautiful state parks. I loved the suspension bridge at Turkey Run as a child. I probably still would. Of all the places I've lived that state has some of the most beautiful and well maintained state parks. My first time was likely with a Girl Scout troop. We had camp Sycamore Valley for summer Girl Scout Camp. I seen by the website they have torn down the old lodge.
I heard some fireworks last night. They may have been in a neighboring town. Tonight not a pop , fizzle or whizzle to be heard. I'm glad your kitties find a way to deal with the fireworks. It's almost eerie considering the number of firework tents in town.
She's getting good advice from several members now so hopefully she can save the rest of them. I can just imagine how helpless she must have felt. My Poppy had her kittens pre-internet and I would have been completely lost if anything had gone wrong.
It's a very dark gloomy day here as well. So far there have only been a few cherry bombs going off nearby which is against the law here, too. In our young and crazy days, my ex would set off a pretty impressive fireworks display. Until the deck caught fire. Fortunately we had the hose ready so damage was minimal but we did rethink our fireworks strategy after that.
Talkingpeanut and StefanZ are there. I know there are some other very knowledgeable folks here. This is breaking my heart,
They were just so cute, had a couple of them just sitting on my foot at times (I had my legs crossed and they'd venture out onto "the ledge" that was my foot!). Sweet little babies. The tabby reminded me so much of Oscar in terms of the intense stares he'd give me, and how he'd beat up the others. Oscar used to beat up on Oliver back when they were babies too.
