The Old Mill

For three years now, I’ve wanted to go to the old mill at the farm, but it was always the wrong season. You can only go in the winter, because the path is too over grown in the spring, summer, and fall, and last time they went during the spring, Abigail picked up a copper head. So…it’s safest to say the winter is the time to do it. We went on an awesome short hike through the woods to the creek. Branches kept hitting us in the head, and Colin wasn’t too impressed with the branches, but we made it! Abigail and Brent have this awesome baby carrier for him… I think we are going to get a doggy one, because AJ was super tired out by the time we got back. The mill is from the late 1700s, and probably went out of commission in the 1830s. Some of the maps show the mill and some of them don’t, so there is some conflicting data as the size, purpose, and age of the mill. The ruins are really neat though! I enjoy being around ruins, because it makes you think about the past so much, and how awesome it is something could survive for hundreds of years! We got some awesome pictures while we were there…we only had seven digital cameras!! :-) We looked for the wheel, but couldn’t find it, although it has been seen before. >We think the hole was filled up, and we couldn’t differentiate between the wheel and the rest of the rocks. We followed the creek down to the old dam, which was also very neat!