It’s hard to believe Joe and I were married 28 years ago on the 18th. We couldn’t fit in our annual just the two of us camping trip so Dad and Mom kept Drew for the day and overnight and we went to Centerville for the day. Joe has an account there and they told him about a place called Bradley Hall. It was the neatest place. Joe was disappointed because he thought it was full of antiques. Instead it was full of all kinds of things to buy but very few antiques. It’s actually a mansion that was built in 1902 by a banker for his wife and two children. It cost him $100,000.00 to build.
I would have loved it if all the “stuff” was gone and it was set up just like it would have been when it was built. It is a beautiful house and the craftmanship was unbelievable. They certainly don’t build things today like they did back then. I didn’t take many pictures because there was just too much stuff in the way but we really enjoyed wandering through the house. Upstairs and downstairs. It was fun trying to visualize how it would have looked in it’s glory!
Then we drove around Lake Rathbun. Lake Rathbun is huge and very much a recreational lake. We’ve camped there a couple of times and there are some beautiful campgrounds around the lake but most people who visit the lake are there to boat. They spend their days out on the water and only come back to the campground to sleep! We ended up eating supper at the marina and it was really good. Joe had the ribs and I had a Cuban sandwich. I like to try new things and I’d never had anything Cuban. It was yummy! It was a pretty low key day but it was nice to get away – just the two of us. We don’t get to do that very often!
Happy Anniversary! It’s always fun to get sometime together, isn’t it. That looks like an interesting house. I agree it would be better with antiques!