missed church

Believe it or not i missed exploring a church. In an area i have explored many times i missed seeing a spectacular little stone church! :o

Saskurbex finally found some time to explore with me so we went out on a last minute small trip to some familiar churches and decided to see this other one i had missed many times before. It was a cold night and there was a lot of snow but the church was worth our while.

Highlights:
- a working organ in the church
- making a snow angel
- trudging through thigh high snow
- getting to wear all my winter gear!
- finding something new that is nearby
- forgetting my flashlight
- finding a stone building

here are some pics:

rich in history

The area we were in is very rich in history. This said it was bound to have many churches. Saying there were many churches would be an understatement. There were so many that we had to skip over the few we had already seen just to fit them all in! None were used and they ranged from completely gutted to full of everything and even was a historic site.

Not only did we find many churches so well intact but we also found a one room school with most original parts. It was fascinating to see such a small school with these original parts and no vandalism. It pays to be in the middle of nowhere i suppose.

So here they are..

When Neko and i first saw this we were unsure whether it was alive or dead
Thank goodness it was dead - poor little guy - so young.

grid of abandonded houses

Imagine a grid road over 8 miles long with only large & small abandoned houses on it. This is what we found at the end of our trip. Unfortunately we were running out of time and did not have a chance to see every building but we did see a couple and plan to make a return trip next year.

Some highlights from the house:
- finding my second KFC bucket!
- huge homes abandoned with everything in them
- food still in a fridge
- house full of antiques
- beds with sheets still on them
- abandoned cars
- clothing still on hangers
- medications still in the bottles

north to explore

I met up with my best friend Neko this past weekend and we decided to take advantage of the amazing weather and go on a road trip. We pick an area that was rich in history and had explored once before. We knew there was more to see and since it was not to far away we could always make it back if we ran out of time. The weather was nice and the road seemed nice at first but things turned for the worst near the end of the trip when we got stuck. Neko just learning to drive a standard in a little car was not the ideal situation. With no cell phone reception we started to panic but kept trying and eventually got out. Thank god. Before this whole mud incident we did hit up many places like schools, churches & houses.

Here are some highlights of the road trip:
- getting stuck in mud
- almost driving into a lake
- finding a grid of abandoned houses (huge houses!)
- the car wash not cleaning the car
- using an ice scraper to pick off mud
- no cell phone reception half the trip
- seeing the first ghost town i ever visited in the paper
- finding way more than we expected in such a small area

overall it was an awesome trip and i will definitely visit this area again!

even the car wash couldn't get the mud off

school continued

Here are more pictures from the school. For a further description please see my previous post.