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We caught a large part of the Dec. 14-15 ice storm -- the first ice storm we've seen since we left Michigan for Florida in 1986.




This is what it looked like about 10 a.m. The weather warmed during the day then fell below freezing again that night, creating a real mess.



Click here to read what the local newspaper had to say about the storm.


We were without power at Green Homestead from 7:30 a.m. Dec. 15 until about 6 p.m. Dec. 17. Fortunately we have a fireplace and plenty of firewood. But this made the decision to buy a permanently installed generator out here much easier. The vendor promises installation by the end of December. We toughed it out in a motel, checking out each morning and returning home for the day, praying for electricity.

Here are some more views. Click on the image for a larger view.

Green River

A dam on the Green River formed Lake Adger in the previous century but the fishing remains good.

These Green River scenes are at a public access spot a few miles from the Green family homestead. The fish are trout and the rules are catch and release.



We used fish this size as bait when trolling for sailfish in the Atlantic but judging from the action these two young men were making up size with numbers. Their lures brought in five fish in about 15 minutes.


A creek flows into the Green River at this point.

The river is stocked by the state every year.

Only the Start

Sylvia points at the starting point of her thousand foot hike. Four hours and weary toes later she was back on moderately level ground.