The photo above is Rhoda by the cutaway Hazard hills.
I have recovered from the trauma of being at Ichthus for hours at a time - never seeing one band, but hearing several at one time since our recycle tent was at the middle of a triangle of three stages. At times it was unbelIEvably loud. Intolerable actually..

In Hazard I saw bits of KY that I had not seen before. The hills are steepsided and the roads are at the bottom of valleys where there is a stream or river. The river hanks are the places where homes are and sometimes there is a swinging bridege to carry the folk to the other side so that the car stays on this side while the homes are over yonder. I used to say "Well, it is not the boonies, but you can see them from here. . . .!" Now i have to say of Hazard's interior,"Yes, this IS the boonies and you cannot see anything BUT boonies!" Rhoda was visiting clients and i went on one visit and stayed in the car while she did a house call. AmAZINg. The photos show the cut away sides of the mountains where man has decided to put stuff!!

My garden is doing fabulously, and we are eating lots of greens and peas, and the cukes and squash will be ready soon.

I leave for Kenya and England in some seven weeks - Aug 6th. I am getting quite excited and will be able to see what my friend Rhoda and her Bishop husband do when they are not here studying/waiting for their last kid to finish HS. .