Barlow Bend

Barlow Bend has always been a really special piece of land to Grandmama and Pop.

When Pop was in the logging business, a man asked Pop to cut the timber on this property. In those days, logging was a bit different and they could not cut the timber due to the season. It was too wet for the logging operation.

But Pop told the man that he would buy the property from him instead, if he was interested in selling it. 

The man told him people had been trying to buy this property for years. Pop gave him a price and the man said he would consider it. 

The man decided to take Pop's offer and Pop was able to buy the property from the man. He cut enough timber the next year to pay for the land leaving $1000 leftover. 

 He gave 500 dollars to the Baptist church and 500 to the Methodist church. Pop had been a member of the Methodist Church and Grandmama a member of the Baptist Church.

  As you can see from the pictures, Barlow Bend is a really unique place with a different landscape and various types of timber. Grandmama and Pop loved this place. They both spent time hunting turkey in these woods.

We spent one afternoon exploring as a family.

 David and Owen found this deer scrape.

Little violets peeking through.

We borrowed a friend's Ranger for the day to explore as one big family. Not many 2 month olds have had an adventure like Collin did that day.

The property ranges from hillsides to bottoms to riverside.

We took a break and soaked in a riverfront view.

View of the Alabama River.

Then Owen and David did a little exploring of their own.

What a view.

And what a memorable day at Barlow Bend.