Get-A-Way

The Get-A-Way... Owned by the Gardner family, is a place of many memories for many people. It's where my brother-in-law taught my sister how to drive stick shift. The first place I ever climbed down a cliff (actually slid pulling Garvin along with me because he wouldn't let go of my hand). It was a nice view at the bottom, but we went down so that meant we had to go back up. This was the place where we rode in the back of a horse trailer for a hayride! Where we girls decided to see if there really was a bull in with all the other cows. Dumb. Where Laura V, Jessica Carr and I decided to brave the pitch darkness and go for a walk. Laura twisted her ankle in that darkness, Jess and I had to nearly carry Laura back to the cabin.
I would love to say how many acres the get-a-way consists of but....I virtually have no idea. Lots of land...a cabin, cows, and the famous pine tree. My memories of the get-a-way are mainly of church and youth group functions. We laughed, goofed off, and even cried together. Hayrides at the get-a-way were never boring. If older adults were on the ride...they were soon being worrisome about our safety. Someone was always jumping out from behind a tree and attempting to pull another someone off the wagon. If a Gardner was driving...it was never boring. I remember sliding down a hill...Aaron had the brakes on but we were still moving...and everyone's body weight was pushing me closer and closer to the front edge of the wagon. Took two guys holding on to me in order to keep me on the wagon.
I remember one night we had a youth get-together the weekend after closing a youth revival. We built a bonfire with the purpose of getting rid of items that were getting in the way of us being completely sold out to God. We threw clothes, c.d.'s and books in. It was a wonderful night of surrender and worship to God!
This past Saturday, the Westport Wesleyan Church had thier Fall church gathering at the get-a-way. I managed to tag along and enjoyed remembering all the fun times we had there. Thank you entire Gardner family for sharing this beautiful place with so many people through the years!


The lane going into the get-a-way



When I was a kid.....we used these outhouses. They have been upgraded to ones made of metal.



Continuance of the lane...



Bekah was trying to be so brave on the "big round bales"...this is as far as she got!



Bekah and I taking a self pic!



Jimmy's daughter (not Miley, the other one...can't remember her name) and Elizabeth.



So Pretty!



So....on the hayride now. A Gardner is driving...needless to say....notice we are in the creek. A couple two/three times, the creek was about 2 inches from the bottom of the wagon.



Yes, we drove over that.



The waterfalls...pretty but made my pics blurry.



Fuzzy again...



The little kids under the falls....trying not to get wet.