Celebrating Our 60th Anniversary at Spring Mill

 Louise and me, with two sons, two daughters-in-law, two granddaughters, one grandson-in-law, five great grandchildren, and one dog (Georgia).

 Over the weekend Louise and I traveled to Southern Indiana to celebrate our 60th anniversary as part of a Jenkins Family Reunion, which, as always, was held at Spring Mill State Park near Mitchell.

I'm grateful to God for the years he has given Louise and me. We have been blessed with a fine family and an interesting and eventful life together. Sixty years is just a good start. I'm hoping for many more. 

I've written quite a bit about my life with Louise. Here's something I wrote about her on her 80th birthday.

The 1817 Hamer Mill at Spring Mill State Park.

Spring Mill State Park has been a constant in my life. My parents took me there as a baby. My first memory of the place is of an elementary school outing there when I was eight. Throughout my growing-up years, Spring Mill was where we went on picnics, school outings, Sunday School parties, etc. When we began having family reunions in the mid-80s, Spring Mill was the logical place to go, culminating in the celebration of my parents' 65th anniversary in 1999, an occasion for which every living member of the family, 90 or so people, was in attendance.

Dad died in 2000, at the age of 90, and reunions became somewhat more sporadic after that. We had a large group in 2022, and although the turnout for our anniversary was not as large, it was still a good group and a wonderful experience.

Read more about Spring Mill State Park and the Pioneer Village here.

Both photos: Fuji X-T3 camera, Fujinon XF 16-80mm lens

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