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First day of Deer Hunting season, breakfast at Hood Lodge

2018-11-10 - Oak Grove Road, Adair County, KY - Photo by Tim Baker
These hungry hunters came to Kentucky to deer hunt from Texas and Mississippi. They are back for a second year in a row to eat with us at Hood Lodge’s deer hunters breakfast. We really appreciate them and all who came out. - TB
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Peanut, the Hoosier hard maple

2018-11-10 - Indianapolis, IN - Photo by Beth Cravens
One of my favorite things about fall is the vivid color of the hard maple tree. My dad, the late Paul Cravens of Sano, KY, was determined to have hard maple trees in his Indianapolis front yard. He always preferred this particular maple because of the beautiful fall colors, ranging from yellows to oranges and reds.

Approximately 55 years ago on one of his many trips down home he was on a mission to find two hard maple trees. He found one 5 ft tree at the Cravens family farm in Sano and another at my aunt Fay and uncle Peanut McKinley's old home out on Hwy 80. Both Kentucky trees were transplanted to his front yard in Indianapolis. He even named these trees. One was named "Peanut" and the other, "Ralph," after my uncle Ralph Waggener who had assisted with the dig.

Every fall when we look out the front window we get to see a little bit of Kentucky in our Hoosier front yard. We have the most colorful maple trees on our street, thanks to Paul Cravens.
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Breakfast is cooking now at Hood Lodge, donations only

2018-11-10 - 45 Oak Grove Road, Columbia, KY - Photo by Tim Baker
"Come and get it! Fresh cooked eggs and all the fixings are ready now at Hood Lodge 839, 45 Oak Grove Road in Adair County. It's the annual Deer Hunters Breakfast this morning, November 10, 2018 until 11amCT. On the menu - sausage, ham, eggs, gravy and biscuits. Donations only - all proceeds go to the Adair County Middle School Chrome Book Project and upkeep of the Lodge. For more details, call Tim Baker at 270-378-1017, or Jordan Baker at 279-250-4338. -- Tim Baker
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