The Betty Wash Hole

We'll, I must say that this weekend turned out to be one of the best weekends EVER!!! It all started with a decent nites rest. Helped mum get Grannie and Theron up and at 'me and then got myself up and at 'em and headed to Tifton for lunch at Cracker Barrel with mum, dad and all of mine. :) I can't say when that has happened last!

Whilst we we were there, talk of Betty wash hole (Betty, not Betty's) came up between my daddy and Jake and that caught my attention. How had Jake heard of this place but I had not? I jumped on this when I found it was in the woods by our house and I had never been. Right then, I decided since it had gone from snowing to 73 in four days that we were going on an adventure when we got home! The kids were excited! 

I learned another little piece of the past and that's one of my favorite things. Let's not call it history because I DO. NOT. LIKE. HISTORY! Just the past..... As in " the olden days "

Here we are on our way to the Betty (Betty, not Betty's) Wash Hole? How many of y'all are wondering just what that is?  Hold your horses! You'll find out soon enough!

Little did I know that we were getting our very own tour guide to take us to the Betty wash hole. Rivers is calling for the guide to let him know we are ready. He has been here many times and spent many days here with his brothers and sisters swimming and fishing.   :)

I finally snuck a picture of this one. He does not cooperate!

The Betty wash hole is on the land that used to belong to the Shepards. This was their house.

YAY!!!  The tour guide has arrived!

Pretty berries along the way to the Betty wash hole.

Through the pasture.......I'm getting left behind whilst documenting this little journey.

Now we are getting to the forest/woods/thicket/stuff that is gonna get caught in my hair and yank the snot out of it!?)$&@&$-!?

Oh my! Dinosaur bones!!!!!!!!!

Now comes the dangerous part! We must climb a fence! 

Another piece of the past....an army helmet....I never knew wars were fought in this part!?

I know,I know, it's not an army helmet but my kids thought it was cool. We can pretend can't we!?

And here it is! The Betty Wash Hole!!!!! Betty used to come here and wash her clothes. Way back before they had washing machines. Way back when my grandpa and his brothers and sister were kids and when my daddy and his brothers and sisters were kids. Betty came to her wash hole and washed her clothes.  The kids, on the other hand, came to fish and swim in the wash hole. 

My daddy said it had been forty years at least since he had been back in these woods where he spent a lot of his younger years. It was neat to watch him as he walked around and looked about. You could tell he was going wayyyyyy back in the day in his mind.

Here's Ben at Betty Wash Hole wishing he had a fishing pole just knowing he could round up a fish or two outta those shallow but somewhat deeper waters.

Here's daddy telling Jake the exact spot he found the old Coca-Cola sign that Jake still has to this day. 

We will definitely be visiting this spot again. I do believe Justin, his mini-me and SIL need to visit Betty Wash Hole. It's a gem!

This was a very pretty tree trunk that caught my eye. I bet it was a wee oakling when my grandpa and his siblings tromped through these woods.

The best tour guide ever.  Taking it in. Actually he was waiting on Ben and me. My hair kept getting stuck in EVERYTHING that I walked by and Ben wouldn't leave my side for anything! Daddy said the trek seemed a lot further when he was a wee sprout way back when.

As we came back out we came upon two other gems.  One was an old GMC truck of the 50-52 era.

I can't believe of all of my 32 years of living out in this neck of the woods I NEVER knew this was here!!!

And an ORANGE Ford Maverick!!! Freakin' AWESOME!!!!! SIL's favorite color.

Anyway, this was our Sunday adventure to Betty Wash Hole. We loved it! We don't go venturing out through the woods too often (at least I don't because spiders live out there!!!!!!) but maybe we can get in a few more before it gets warm and the spiders hatch out!