tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2550157220540446805.post2880936480357140762..comments2024-03-01T18:47:44.890-05:00Comments on Fangtastic Books: Guest Blog and Giveaway with Kimberly FrostRoxanne Rhoadshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08727784602361446818noreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2550157220540446805.post-26073828666109921462010-08-25T18:20:49.589-04:002010-08-25T18:20:49.589-04:00My favorite childhood vaction was going fishing wi...My favorite childhood vaction was going fishing with my Dad to Ky Lake. Sometime we would got to Cumberland Falls to fish. I love being with my Dad.jellybelly82158https://www.blogger.com/profile/06051038333729756318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2550157220540446805.post-86572192597999426482010-08-22T22:13:48.584-04:002010-08-22T22:13:48.584-04:00Dear Kimberly,
part 2 of my note about the cottage...Dear Kimberly,<br />part 2 of my note about the cottage:<br />i am hidrophobic (as well as dislexic) so dad always said the lake could never make it up the hill (He is a Hydrogeologist so i beleved him!) will in grade 13 on the labor day weekend (Just befor school started) a small tornato came through the area, tuching down on the lake it changed colour and became a water spout. it headed almost strate towrds us in the cottage, but it decided to come up between ours and our nabors cottages. the water that the spout had picked up from the lake pelted the cottage and came seeping into the cottage through the seems around the doors and windows.the wind was strong enuff to push the water horizontaly. it was scary creepy and fasinating all the same time. the tornato had been resonably polite comming up the hill (other than throughing the lake at us) it didnt tuch a thing untill it chose one of the trees at the top of the hill and smote the nabors car with it! it was a spectacular hit! what ame! smuched in the suport between the front and back doors so nether could be opened (once the tree was removed). after its fun with the car it wandered off into the swamp and had a hissy fit rippin up trees on its way towords the cottage over on Blacks lake. <br />so no mater how steep the clime down to the lake, dont trust the lake to stay down there where its suposto! how can you trust an eliment that is solid one moment but may change its mide and state and be a liquid or a gass the next moment!<br />your cottage picture looks lovely i hope you had lots of frog hunting adventures as well as book reading and suntaning.<br />Have fun and i hope you get to have your own cottage soon! come see the ones up further north in Ontario!<br />all for now dislexicly yours jan in Ottawa (i have relitives in the states in case i win a book- yes im sure thay moved there just for my abillity to by books on line, and have them sent to them insted of here!) Have fun!!!Kjarvalahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08622148721285859278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2550157220540446805.post-28036908028290631942010-08-22T22:11:56.757-04:002010-08-22T22:11:56.757-04:00Dear Kimberly,
I was vary lucky my parents bot a c...Dear Kimberly,<br />I was vary lucky my parents bot a cottage property high up on a steep rocky slope on the shore of Pike Lake. as a kid it was the best place to grow up each weekend in the summer. Gient bullfrogs to catch each weekend and then put back(Mom insisted on a catch and releas program...) i even cot her a soft shelled mud turtle, do you remember how hard those were to even find let alown actualy catch one!!!! (she wouldnt let me keep that ether...)one of my favorite spots was over on the point. ehre was a rocky spot perfect for sitting on looking a swampy part of the bay. i could watching the frogs and turtles watch me. i had to forfet that rock to a Black rat snake (aka black water snake) who looked like he was taller than i was! he wanted my spot and i gave it up, since thare the only snakes ive ever met that go towrds you and not away from you if you meet one. oh well i still had the Dock, whitch was a good place to watch the bats at dusk and the August metior showers on.<br />all for now dislexicly yours jan in ottawa jsrmt at hotmail dot com.Kjarvalahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08622148721285859278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2550157220540446805.post-81617386567670916132010-08-22T22:08:24.354-04:002010-08-22T22:08:24.354-04:00Dear Kimberly,
I was vary lucky my parents bot a c...Dear Kimberly,<br />I was vary lucky my parents bot a cottage property high up on a steep rocky slope on the shore of Pike Lake. as a kid it was the best place to grow up each weekend in the summer. Gient bullfrogs to catch each weekend and then put back(Mom insisted on a catch and releas program...) i even cot her a soft shelled mud turtle, do you remember how hard those were to even find let alown actualy catch one!!!! (she wouldnt let me keep that ether...)one of my favorite spots was over on the point. ehre was a rocky spot perfect for sitting on looking a swampy part of the bay. i could watching the frogs and turtles watch me. i had to forfet that rock to a Black rat snake (aka black water snake) who looked like he was taller than i was! he wanted my spot and i gave it up, since thare the only snakes ive ever met that go towrds you and not away from you if you meet one. oh well i still had the Dock, whitch was a good place to watch the bats at dusk and the August metior showers on.<br /> i am hidrophobic (as well as dislexic) so dad always said the lake could never make it up the hill (He is a Hydrogeologist so i beleved him!) will in grade 13 on the labor day weekend (Just befor school started) a small tornato came through the area, tuching down on the lake it changed colour and became a water spout. it headed almost strate towrds us in the cottage, but it decided to come up between ours and our nabors cottages. the water that the spout had picked up from the lake pelted the cottage and came seeping into the cottage through the seems around the doors and windows.the wind was strong enuff to push the water horizontaly. it was scary creepy and fasinating all the same time. the tornato had been resonably polite comming up the hill (other than throughing the lake at us) it didnt tuch a thing untill it chose one of the trees at the top of the hill and smote the nabors car with it! it was a spectacular hit! what ame! smuched in the suport between the front and back doors so nether could be opened (once the tree was removed). after its fun with the car it wandered off into the swamp and had a hissy fit rippin up trees on its way towords the cottage over on Blacks lake. <br />so no mater how steep the clime down to the lake, dont trust the lake to stay down there where its suposto! how can you trust an eliment that is solid one moment but may change its mide and state and be a liquid or a gass the next moment!<br />your cottage picture looks lovely i hope you had lots of frog hunting adventures as well as book reading and suntaning.<br />Have fun and i hope you get to have your own cottage soon! come see the ones up further north in Ontario!<br />all for now dislexicly yours jan in Ottawa jsrmt at hotmail dot com (i have relitives in the states in case i win a book- yes im sure thay moved there just for my abillity to by books on line, and have them sent to them insted of here!) Have fun!!!Kjarvalahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08622148721285859278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2550157220540446805.post-75785573945093145072010-08-17T21:31:53.051-04:002010-08-17T21:31:53.051-04:00I loved going camping with my grandparents at the ...I loved going camping with my grandparents at the lake. <br /><br />Thanks for this giveaway!<br /><br />allisonsbj3(at)gmail(dot)comAllisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06143324328955993536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2550157220540446805.post-16645116689393775882010-08-17T02:14:21.413-04:002010-08-17T02:14:21.413-04:00Hi Kimberly - vacation spots...
When I was a kid w...Hi Kimberly - vacation spots...<br />When I was a kid we didn't vacation a lot, my mom stayed at home with us and my dad worked so there wasn't a lot of extra money for vacations. We did however have a "trailer" in Wisconsin. It was a mobile home that my parents had bought and put on a piece of land they had purchased when they were newly married. (to someday become home......in the far future). We lived in the twin cities and would go to "the trailer" on weekends and during the summer. It was right on the back channel of the Mississippi River and was AMAZING! We had everything kids could want: turtles, snakes, sand, water, swimming, fishing, you know the stuff I am talking about. It was great - so much freedom. No other kids to play with like some vacation spots, but I had two sisters and we always had fun. My favorite memory is from when we would go there in the winter. We would leave after my dad came home from work, so we were all in our flannel nighties and we would sleep in the car on the way. Once we got there, my dad would go inside and turn on the electric and the furnace. Then we would all go inside and each of us would stand over a floor vent while the heater blew. It was great - Now my parents have built a home there and "the trailer" is gone - but the memories will live forever!<br />bsharp88@gmail.comBeverlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14058136830956475739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2550157220540446805.post-91526072907474516122010-08-16T16:04:12.660-04:002010-08-16T16:04:12.660-04:00Hi Kimberly,
I love the pic and the way you descri...Hi Kimberly,<br />I love the pic and the way you described growing up, wow.<br />Growing up it was just me and my mom so no vacations really. So my best friend and I hung out in the woods. There was alittle stream we played in and lots of fruit trees so we always picked grapes, figs, plums and blackberries depending on the season. Built forts from the logs laying around and relaxed in the ferns that grew all through the woods. I used to make up stories about fairies and magic to entertain us. It was fun but simple, I miss that as I live in Texas and mesquites, oaks and cactus just don't feel the same. lol<br />Thank you for sharing your wonderful memories with us and Best Wishes.Chris J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11698966001246262703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2550157220540446805.post-49105831813951794252010-08-16T00:31:34.125-04:002010-08-16T00:31:34.125-04:00The only place we ever went for vacation was Flori...The only place we ever went for vacation was Florida. It's actually still my spot I wanna go when I need some r&r. And the pages of a good book. <br /><br />Lunaminky@yahoo.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2550157220540446805.post-21993424796575636762010-08-16T00:30:58.287-04:002010-08-16T00:30:58.287-04:00The only place we ever went for vacation was Flori...The only place we ever went for vacation was Florida. It's actually still my spot I wanna go when I need some r&r. And the pages of a good book. <br /><br />Lunaminky@yahoo.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2550157220540446805.post-79509579685201671832010-08-15T21:39:30.258-04:002010-08-15T21:39:30.258-04:00I am a new follower. We didn't take vacations...I am a new follower. We didn't take vacations when I was younger. My family was poor. Now that I am older I love going on cruises and to Myrtle Beach. Please enter me in contest. Tore923@aol.comTore923https://www.blogger.com/profile/11560954856511496425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2550157220540446805.post-20313884968315232472010-08-15T18:51:02.733-04:002010-08-15T18:51:02.733-04:00Hey Kimberly,
We tended to camp out on John's ...Hey Kimberly,<br />We tended to camp out on John's River in the Blue Ridge Mountains. At that time you would just turn onto this dirt road that wound around the mountain and there were 35 or 40 places that you could pull off the road right next to this mountain stream. We threw up a tent, got out our fishing poles and went to work catching dinner. Mom would fry our fish over a campfire and we would wash it down with tea. We generally cooked hotdogs for lunch the next day after swimming in what felt like 50 degree water. We always brought a watermelon from home which we placed in the water. It was always icy cold.<br />(\___/)<br />(='.'=) <br />(")_(")<br />alterlisa AT yahoo DOT com<br />http://lisaslovesbooksofcourse.blogspot.com/Lisa Richards/alterlisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00347858402988565314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2550157220540446805.post-55618086049797568032010-08-15T17:15:48.765-04:002010-08-15T17:15:48.765-04:00I love your picture. Very pretty. I would spend su...I love your picture. Very pretty. I would spend summers at my grandpa's farm. And once up there I would also get to visit very many aunts, uncles, & cousins. Not too many of any family left so I really do miss those days.<br />Sue B<br />katsrus(at)gmail(dot)comkatsrushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13071353967222221634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2550157220540446805.post-51738145570577477202010-08-15T13:14:33.740-04:002010-08-15T13:14:33.740-04:00We did not have a lot of money to go on sumer vaca...We did not have a lot of money to go on sumer vacations as a child but I did go to my Grandmothers in Chinatown almost every summer and spent weeks there making many wonderful memories.<br /><br />Gabrielle<br />meingee@yahoo.comGabrielle Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10726480907517527358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2550157220540446805.post-50915830377473462392010-08-13T15:57:52.657-04:002010-08-13T15:57:52.657-04:00Like so many other we were poor so no vacations. I...Like so many other we were poor so no vacations. It was just doing things around town and having fun.<br /><br />lorettaC<br /><br />lbcanton@verizon.netLORETTA CANTONhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11565717709469489851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2550157220540446805.post-2060837105523603332010-08-13T06:16:38.106-04:002010-08-13T06:16:38.106-04:00Hi Kimberly! My favorite vacation spot as a kid in...Hi Kimberly! My favorite vacation spot as a kid in California was up in the mountains where we would go camping. There would be the camping grounds where most people go but we would pass them up and go farther to my favorite spot where we had a huge area with a creek and tons of room and bumps to ride our bike and motorcycles. The family sitting around the campfire at night making smores was the best! It was so fun! I loved it! Even today we drive up there and camp in our spot, brings back a lot of great memories.<br /><br />linaramz at yahoo dot comA'linahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13374321543616140844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2550157220540446805.post-63328264531021371962010-08-13T02:26:08.133-04:002010-08-13T02:26:08.133-04:00Growing up we where always hiking up clear creak a...Growing up we where always hiking up clear creak and rafting down it and when not doing that we would go to wisky town lake.not sher if i spelled that right now if I drank i would get that right.or we would camp on one of the ilands in shasta lake.Love the water.<br />well in northern Ca its hot in the summer you got to love the water.<br />sasluvbooks(at)yahoo.comStacey Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10877466721665434680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2550157220540446805.post-59856627042071601122010-08-13T00:00:30.096-04:002010-08-13T00:00:30.096-04:00I love going to Disney Land or the Beach. I had su...I love going to Disney Land or the Beach. I had such a great time at Magic Kingdom, I was really young then, and going to the beach and playing in the water was a blast!<br /><br />twilightforever.edward at gmail dot comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2550157220540446805.post-87197586711177861642010-08-12T23:42:40.399-04:002010-08-12T23:42:40.399-04:00When I was growing up, my father was a cross count...When I was growing up, my father was a cross country trucker, so he was gone a lot. We didn't really go on vacations, I remember going to the beach in the summer or on picnics, but no actual vacations. The first real vacation trip I ever went on was after I got married, in fact it was my honeymoon and we went to Lake Tahoe (the Nevada side).<br /><br />Barbed1951(at)aol(dot)comBarbara E.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10042665559975481397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2550157220540446805.post-57323494178321075672010-08-12T23:41:25.020-04:002010-08-12T23:41:25.020-04:00We didn't really go on vacation, but I loved g...We didn't really go on vacation, but I loved going to the river on hot, summer days. Rural living at its best.<br />marlenebreakfield(at)yahoo(dot)comAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08441858897061655629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2550157220540446805.post-77778447026304787482010-08-12T22:51:06.240-04:002010-08-12T22:51:06.240-04:00Every summer, my family spent one week at a little...Every summer, my family spent one week at a little lake in southern Maine. My parents and another couple spent the whole week out on the lake fishing and us kids ran wild. I just recently went back there for the first time in almost 40 years. The cabins were still there and it brought back some great memories.<br /><br />jen at delux dot comJenMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08381388317577838604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2550157220540446805.post-39105185214921871812010-08-12T20:10:26.113-04:002010-08-12T20:10:26.113-04:00This was an interesting post.
My favorite place w...This was an interesting post.<br /><br />My favorite place when I was younger was also a lake, though not a big one. We have a few lakes in Wyoming and my great grandma used to have a cabin near one of them. The years that weren't in drought were great because we could stay at the cabin, walk down to the water and sometimes would use the boat or jet skis. I even tried to water ski there, though I never was able to stand up in the water. Major water ski fail.<br /><br />There are so many good memories of times spent at the cabin with family and I hope I can keep ahold of the memories for a long time.<br /><br />DawnEmbers(at)ymail(.)comDawn Embershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00214560861614476799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2550157220540446805.post-47550064502813201022010-08-12T19:22:46.836-04:002010-08-12T19:22:46.836-04:00I grew up in NW Florida and when we had the money,...I grew up in NW Florida and when we had the money, we would rent a house for a week. We also went to Chattanooga and the Smoky Mountains.<br /><br />andrea.infinger@gmail.comAndrea Ihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09910641116517171459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2550157220540446805.post-10443473743469196812010-08-12T18:26:12.336-04:002010-08-12T18:26:12.336-04:00well as a child we was in fact very poor so their ...well as a child we was in fact very poor so their was no vacations really just the week during the summer when the town would send all of us kids to camp ( I think they wanted a moment of quiet with as us hoodlums gone lol). so my fav would have to be summer camp :) <br /><br />meandi09@yahoo.comJennifer Mathishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01348224965449535905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2550157220540446805.post-76681659164394616162010-08-12T18:18:53.163-04:002010-08-12T18:18:53.163-04:00My family didn't go on many vacations. The onl...My family didn't go on many vacations. The only vacation i remember when i was young was going to Las Vegas, NV...where i spent most of my time in the arcade. <br /><br /><br />Thanks for the giveaway!<br /><br />van<br />Littopandaxpress(at)yahoo(dot)comVan Phamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04512097238205568426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2550157220540446805.post-38662278744547477462010-08-12T18:03:52.140-04:002010-08-12T18:03:52.140-04:00Favorite childhood vacation spot? Hmm...I never re...Favorite childhood vacation spot? Hmm...I never really had a set location to vacation at as a kid. It just depended on the time and what we could afford to do. Branson was always fun, I did that maybe 2 or 3 times as a kid.<br /><br />I do enjoy visiting my aunt in Wisconsin because the weather by her is always beautiful unlike where I live in the midwest. Ugh, humidity and heat and ugh!!Jessica @ a GREAT readhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07554254368211246669noreply@blogger.com