Lee Bottom Flying Field

04/09/2026

04/07/2026

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03/25/2026

A new windsock goes up.

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03/03/2026

03/02/2026

14 years ago, we were the last Indiana address it hit. Parts from homes that were miles away littered the runway, some roof sections can still be found on the hillside, and here we are. This was the one of a one two punch that we never recovered from - most of it being by choice.
The tornado picked up picnic tables, tossed them through the garage door, and took out all our event supplies and such. Ginger was in the doomsday bunker - her sheep directly in the path of the storm (when she came out of the bunker the sheep were standing there unharmed). Part of the roof of the house was torn off(We put a new one on hoping to save it but increasingly it looks like that will not happen). On the lighter side, a week after getting new gutters on the house, a friend came to visit in a Chinook. A byproduct of his visit was gutters that were filled to the top with leaves and old grass clippings, requiring me to climb on the roof to unclog them.

Oh well, somewhere out there is the next owner of this place. I hope they are younger so they can make long term investments. Meanwhile, we'll be doing what we can to set them up in all other aspects.

Here's to all the people who lost their lives, homes, and ways of life, that day.

One last thought. Something I always remember is what one distant neighbor told us. She lost one of her kids to the storm. He was ripped out of her arms and almost took her arm with him she was holding on so strong. While trying to deal with it she was having a unique problem. Where she was going to talk about the grief required her to drive under a large overpass in Louisvlle. The sound of the vehicles roaring overhead was so similar she was finding it hard to go.

You never know what people are living with.

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03/02/2026

Cool!

03/01/2026

One of our many visitors today.

01/13/2026

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12/27/2025

The trusty flight bag gets an update.

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12/19/2025

My new favorite song.

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12/18/2025

Make what you want of it. Ha!

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