Dad and Troy came up last weekend from Florida. Troy hadn’t been here in a couple years. I took a half day off on that Friday and took them up to Mammoth Cave to check out the fall color. Troy had never been up here during the fall and never seen the leaves change. Unfortunately, it wasn’t peak fall color time, by a week, but Troy still took enjoyment in on kicking through the leaves on the trail.
It was bitter cold when they got here too, so a big change from Florida weather. It was good to see them and fun to show them some cool parts of the park. Dad had a bit of an issue doing the hikes, but I took him through the newly developed museum at the visitor’s center.
That evening Dad wanted to drive through WKU campus and see all the new changes. We came across the Homecoming Parade that just started so we decided to stop off and watch it go by. It was fun seeing all the enthusiastic college kids and cool cars drive by.
Miranda and Ben and the kids came in that evening as well and we headed to my place to visit. The next day, we had lunch with Papaw and Mary Helen. Then, we went to the WKU Homecoming football game. It was chilly weather, but a lot of fun. Dad hadn’t been to a game since 1974. Sadly we lost the game and at the end, Dad took a scary stumble down three levels of bleachers and fell on top of Troy. They were badly scraped and banged up quite a bit, but thankfully nothing too serious. Just a scary moment and a few bumps and bruises to contend with afterward.
Miranda has school spirit for sure!
After the game, we headed back to my place again and we all watched The Conjuring. They hadn’t seen the movie yet. Very spooky! It was a good visit. Dad took Troy down to Bill and Paula’s on Monday and Troy flew back home. Dad came back this weekend and plans to stay himself until the week before Thanksgiving. He’ll be meeting Lori in Nashville to do Thanksgiving with Bill and Paula. So he’ll be here until then. It’ll be nice to visit with my dad for that length of time. Hadn’t been together this long since I was a kid.
Kevin Chronicles 
Fun times with family! Great weekend.