Biffar Update

We have been very busy since we returned to California. We got back in time to have a wonderful Thanksgiving Day at my sisters. All the family was there and we had a great time. We also have been busy decorating our house for Christmas. Yesterday Lura had thirty-one church friends over to our house for a Christmas party. I think they all a very nice time. Now, we are preparing for Santa Claus to arrive at our house for Christmas.

Thanksgiving at the Mouse House (aka Carol's)

Walker having fun with his cousins

Lura’s Christmas party at our house.

Friends in the Family room

Friends in the Dining Room

In the Library

Were Back

 

It's so beautiful!!!

We arrived back in California on Monday. We had a very nice trip. It’s nice to be back in California, but Lura and I are already missing the home in Tennessee. Here is a barn of the week picture, but it’s not a barn. It’s a grist mill from the 1800’s. I love it! It’s about ten miles from our home.

 

Old Grist Mill

Here are a couple more pictures of us in the Grand Canyon.

 

Lura at the Grand Canyon

Here’s a couple more pictures of the Tennessee home.

 

A large barge going down the Tennessee River in front of our house

Entry into the circular driveway to the front of the house

 

 

 

 

 

Grand Canyon

We decided to do a side trip to the Grand Canyon. It was a beautiful day and we had a wonderful time. We are staying at the El Tovar Hotel on the South rim. The El Tovar Hotel was built in 1905, and is the architectural crown jewel of the Grand Canyon. We will be going home tomorrow.

 

The El Tovar Hotel where we stayed

 

 

The Biffar Trip

Well, we just arrived in Flagstaff, Arizona. We plan on doing a little side trip to the Grand Canyon and spend the night their. We haven’t been to the canyon in a long time and I think it would be nice to see it again. I’ll take a lot of picture’s.

Here are some more picture’s of the house.

Taken from the front porch

New work bench in the garage

Sunrise

Emu's on the road by Whitestone

Downstairs Guest Room

On the Road Again

We are headed back to California for the Winter. Yesterday we got as far as Little Rock, Arkansas. Today we arrived in Amarillo, Texas and just finished a good steak dinner. The new Buick has been a pleasure to drive, and it’s getting thirty miles per gallon.

I took these picture’s the day we left for California.

Entrance into the Biffar Compound

Upstairs guest bedroom

Dining room

Great Room

Entertainment Room

Front Porch

 

Library

 

 

More Pictures

Here are some more pictures that I took while we were in Tennessee.

Wes, Margaret, Lura, and Walker at Cade's Cove in the Smokey's

Wes and Walker in a field in Cade's Cove

Eating at No Way Jose's in Gatlinburg

Horse drawn sorghum press at Muddy Pond, Tennessee

View of Watt's Bar Lake from across the street of our house

It’s done

The house is finished (except for some cabinetry work) and we are very pleased with the out come. We still have some landscaping to do, and we will do a little each time we are out here. East Tennessee is a very beautiful area and we are so happy that we chose the Watts Bar Lake area for a second home. I feel very fortunate to be able to live in two wonderful states. We are headed back to California tomorrow. It will take three or four days.

The sunrises here in Tennessee are just simply amazing! Here are some sunrises that we woke up to this last week.

 

Just unbelievable beautiful!

 

Barn of the Week

Here is a neat barn that is about nine miles from our house on highway 322. It’s got quilt picture’s painted on the side’s.

 

A very different barn

 

Miscellaneous Pictures

Here are some picture’s from the last few weeks of different visitors and other events. Today I went fishing and had a very good day. I caught four nice bass, the biggest was 3 1/2 pounds. It was a lot of fun.

3 1/2 pound bass

A couple of punk-en's

Wes, Walker, and Me on Watts Bar Lake

Paula and Lura

Another Sunrise

Walker and Me

New Wheel’s

We bought a new car that we will be driving back to California. It’s a 2010 Buick Lacrosse. We love it! It is very well made and fun to drive.

Our new Buick Lacrosse

I put a dear mount in the Library. It’s beginning to look like the Saddle Peak Lodge.

The sunrise’s here are just amazing. Just about every morning there is a wonderful sunrise. The sunset’s a very nice too, but the sunrise’s are very special.