Oct 30th - Sunday

I think that Logan Valley must be the coldest place in southeast Missouri. We know our thermometer is reasonably accurate because the hoses had frozen when it said it was 29 degrees one morning last week. Weatherbug and Weatherunderground both claimed that the early morning temperatures were in the low 40's while our thermometer showed a low of 30 degrees. We had a fairly heavy frost and it did not melt off until after the sun was up. Today was windy but mostly sunny.

We went to church this morning and took naps in the afternoon. Kathy took a short nap and did some laundry while I took a long nap. We just got back from walking over to the creek and then down the road to the cemetery where the paved road ends.

This is the creek back behind the main camp. The water level is actually about 5' below the bank with the vegetation.

 This is the left side of the camp looking from the creek. Actually I was probably 100' from the creek. The buildings in the center are one of the dining rooms, a chapel, and housing units. The trailer on the right is where David, Kathy, Davie & Josh live, the staff. Below is the left side of the main camp area.

Below is the right side of the camp. On the left you see David & Kathy's trailer, then moving to the right is the new building we are working on, then a garage/storage building and then Dave & Sue's home, with the red roof. If you look really close you can see part of our RV to the right of Dave & Sue's, although we are parked maybe a hundred yards further away. Dave and Sue have a walkout basement. The house is less than 10 years old and the area once flooded so bad that they had over 3 feet of water in their lower level. The entire grassy area that you see in the photos above and below had to be under 4-5 feet of water, and the creek had to be 10 feet deeper than it is in the photo above.

We walked down to the cemetery just to look around. If you look closely at the hillside in the background you can see the paved road that runs across the hillside and down into the valley.

Good night to all and may God bless you and yours.