Ike meets us in Kentucky

While we were visiting Mom and Dad, Ike's winds blew into Murray during the last night we were there. I woke up to see the trees being tossed about in the woods behind the house. I walked into the living room to check on the hummingbirds and was brokenhearted to see the wind blowing all the little birds down onto the concrete porch. Poor things. When the winds calmed down, we got dressed and went to breakfast. When we got back and discovered there had apparently been some very strong winds blowing through the area while we were eating.

Mom and Dad's roof suffered a bit of damage.

Unfortunately we discovered the path those missing shingles took...

Yep. Right across our bug!

Power and water were both out at Mom and Dad's house so we decided it is time for us to go back home.

Rick put the last of our things in the trunk.

Homeward bound

What's that in the road up ahead?

A tree has taken down the power line and blocked the main road out of town.

DETOUR

OH NO, the detour road has been blocked by a large tree across the road.

WOW! that is a BIG tree!

Back to Mom and Dad's to take more pictures of hummingbirds.

Since the electricity was still out and it is dark in the house, Mom and Dad had decided to stay outside to cleanup after the storm after we left.

So when we got back to their house and told them we were trapped, Rick and I volunteered to help them with the clean up.

I think all but two apples were blown out of their apple trees. We started off having an apple throwing contest. My arms are sore and I have a large bruise on my hip where I slipped and fell on an apple. But it was fun playing with my parents.

We raked apples out of the yard, Daddy shoveled apples into the bucket on the front of the tractor and Rick carried them off into the woods.

Daddy tells Rick to take the apples to the woods.

There were a lot of apples!

Mom loves to explore the woods.

Come on Nicki, let's explore the woods.

Mom, I am NOT going tracking through the woods in my flip-flops!

Here comes Daddy to clear out the woods and search for us.

More storm clouds rolling in.