Highland Illinois

The past few days we have spent visiting my sister and her hubby in Highland. It has been a quiet few days that passed by quickly. We visited with two of her girls, ate good food, shared a lot of laughs, and floated in her “redneck pool.”

We will be heading out tomorrow to a town that no longer exist, Garfield Indiana. At one time it was a bustling railroad town that died when the train went elsewhere. They say that all of the buildings are gone and no one lives there anymore. The pictures I have of the town shows life, people, and buildings. At one time children were being raised there, weddings were held, church was every Sunday, and at one time it was called home. I am curious to see if what they say is true. There has to be a trace of something there. It is the place of my grandmother’s birth before her family left for free land in Montana. We will be leaving tomorrow. Until then.