May 10-12, 2026
Well, the trip out to Kentucky was a successful one - although it came with some challenges - our pickup truck overheated twice, which was really nothing more than pulling off the highway for a minute or two for it to cool down.  In Burlington, Colorado, Lisa noticed the sidewall of our camping trailer tires were severely cracking, after a quick change to the spare, we ventured onto Hayes, Kansas for the night where an awesome tire shop KansasLand Tire, got us back on the road within an hour.  Camping at the truck stop was a little fun and the camper slept better than most hotels. We arrived on Tuesday to an awesome camping spot, dropped the boat at the slip, and checked out the property.

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May 23-29, 2026

Well, this has been another great week out in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.  The rain has slowed us down and made getting into and out the property a “muddy mess”.  One of our next projects is going to be grading the road into the property, as well as placing road base or some sort of crushed rock – at this time it is all our F250 can do to get in and out of the property in 4WD Low. 

In the past week, we carved out enough space to create a parking spot for a few vehicles.

Wednesday the sun finally came out and started drying things up – it gave us a chance to do one of the things that brought us to the Blue Grass State – we got the boat out for several hours.  The weather was perfect and there were very few boats on the water.

The wildlife out here is amazing.  We were enjoying a nice coffee outside the other morning and several lizards were climbing the trees.  We haven’t caught any animals on the game cameras this past week, so it may be time to move them.

The highlight of the day was trimming some of the vegetation and finally finding a few property corners.

May 30 – June 11, 2026

Time is flying by – This report started off with us walking the back northwest corner of the property, looking for property corners.  We were in the right area, but couldn’t find it on this journey.  We did however place a few “No Trespassing” signs.  Purple is the universal color out here to indicate no trespassing – in lieu of a sign you could simply paint a portion of the tree trunk purple and it conveys the same message.

The rain is still falling out here – far from the drought that Colorado is in.  The mushrooms are everywhere, and are far more colorful than I am used to.

The deer are starting to wander closer to our camper – there is one particular doe that makes a regular appearance 40-50 feet from our camper.  We gave that one a name – sadly, she is now off limits when hunting season gets here.

We ran back to Colorado for a quick weekend trip to attend a few events – one being, my sister was in town (from Houston) and pulled together the whole family for a dinner.  She also blessed Lisa and I with sign for our Kentucky Property.

While we were away (from Kentucky) the game cameras have been catching all kinds of critters – the latest being an old turkey.  To date, we have seen (on the game cameras) deer, armadillos, raccoons, owls, squirrels, foxes and turkeys.

May 13-22, 2026
It has been a very busy week out here, in Tiline, Kentucky.  We started off on Spending 3 solid days clearing enough land to park our travel trailer.  We officially moved onto the property on Sunday, May 17th.  Since that time, we have visited with the neighbors and endured nearly non-stop rain.  We are happy with our trailer setup, but it has become evident how critical owning a tractor is out here – our road in, is a big muddy mess.

On a hike the other day we got lost – the timber is so thick that it was tough to get a cell signal, for the GPS.  While on our hike Lisa found a pet box turtle.  The terrain here varies and there are several creeks running through the property, along with many hills.

We suffered through the rain today to clear enough trees to park our vehicles out of the way.

The wildlife is starting to come around – so far on the game cameras, we have spotted armadillos, racoons, and deer.