Some other interesting facts about the Hastings cabin are.... The wood used to build the cabin came from an old house in Wichita, that my Grandpa, his boys and some friends helped to tear down. The cabin has six double beds, two sets of bunk beds (one made by my Dad out of Aspen trees from around the cabin), and one single bed, allowing the cabin to sleep a comfy, (yet a little crowded) seventeen people. The old rugged Hutch in the kitchen belonged to my Grandma Hastings's Grandma Holman (my Great Great Grandma). My grandparents use to spend their summers at the cabin... two, three, four months of family and friends coming and going to visit them and the beautiful surrounding mountains. The water holding tank for the cabin can hold up to 1050 gallons of water. The dining room table and chairs were my grandparents set from their house in Clearwater, KS. (Thousands of card games have been played on that table and stories told around that table.) The cabin is heated by a wood-burning stove located in the living room. And, one more thing... this cabin was built by a family that knew how to love unconditionally, accepted others (because no one is perfect), had a strong faith in the Lord, and loved God.
(These are two older snapshots that I have from at the cabin. They were both taken in the 80's.)
When we got up on our last day of vacation, our last day at the cabin, we packed and loaded all of our things, then hiked around the cabin a bit, and did some fishing down in the little pond. Sarah caught one little fish and was very excited to help reel it in and throw it back.
While Sarah and Eric fished, Phoebe and I looked at some flowers. She wanted to pick and smell them. She was concerned when she found some flowers with a bug on them. She didn't want to put her nose on those!
My favorite, and only, sister in the world is Lindsee. She lives in Colorado. I sure do wish we lived closer to each other... of course for my own selfish reasons, mostly because she is my best girlfriend, and so many times I just down right miss her. We got to spend our vacation days together and it was great. Sarah and Phoebe love to hang out and play with her too. Sarah says that some of her favorite things to do with her Aunt Lindsee are... "picking flowers with her, eating snacks with her, making pictures with her, having a sleepover with her, reading stories with her, hide and seek, tag, and frisbee with her..." and the list goes on.
Phoebe was just the right height to use the lower railing on the cabin front porch steps. She liked being able to walk up and down all by herself, holding onto the railing. She was all smiles when she and Popee played peek-a-boo by the tall wood pile.
A family tradition for us is to take family and group pictures on or near the cabin front porch right before leaving. Here are our family and group shots, right before we all piled in our vehicles and headed home.
And now for a little fun and entertainment... We'll just call this the before we leave this place"Kiss'n Laugh"!
Good-bye Colorado and sweet memories. Welcome back to hot - sunny Kansas.
Stacer, Love you! That was a very nice blog post. I couldn't ask for a better sister, that's for sure.
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