La Gringa Mas Bella: Married to the Mexican!

I'm sure that everyone knows that Kentucky experienced a horrible ice storm, afterall it was national news, and I had to snap at least one photo to show just some of what it left behind. I have more dramatic photos but I think this pretty much shows a common sight of any roadside in Kentucky.

You can see that all of the trees have suffered breakage. These are just small trees on the roadside that once stood proud and beautiful; now they are just a mangled mess.

The next photo I snapped just before the mangled trees because I had driven down the road and back up again. Caleb said, "Hey look at that deer!" I didn't see the deer when we passed but on the way back up the road again, the deer was still there. Usually when a deer feels that it is in danger, the tail will stand up ... you can tell this one had no fear. Odd no?

This next pic is a favorite place of mine that sits on a side road between the towns of Springfield and Bardstown in a small place called Fredericksburg or commonly "the Burg". It's private property so I always stay in my car to admire it but it is beautiful and I would LOVE, LOVE, LOVE to live at this place. It's really peaceful :)

This next photo is not anywhere near my hometown but almost every time I go to Kentucky, I stop to see Cumberland Falls. My parents took me to Cumberland Falls when I was a itty bitty tike and I still love to go. I've heard tales of catfish in Lake Cumberland that are said to be twice the size of humans ... some even bigger. So I've never wanted to swim.

This next photo really saddens me because park officials have had problems with trash for years now. All of this stuff flows over the falls and finds a resting place on the lake side, creating an eye soar. This stuff pollutes the lake too. It's such a beautiful place and look what people have done to it. Sad.

I've lived in South Caroline since '98, so you can imagine how many times I've traveled between South Carolina and Kentucky. I know all the good spots to find fireworks, where to see a natural mountain stream, etc. The road has so much history to me that in a way it all feels like home to me.

Sometimes I miss Kentucky but I love South Carolina too. Each place has unique qualities.

At the moment I have some issues with family in Kentucky that I'll go into when I have the mental clearness to go into detail about it. It's really broken my heart and on top of other stresses, well, I'm just depressed I think. I'm optomistic, yet praying so stay tuned.

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