Grandpa's Cabin

About a block away from this little cabin are remnants of my great grandparents home that burned down several years ago. They had nowhere to go and some nice gentleman let them live in this cabin for free. When Dad was growing up, he moved here to Elba to live with his grandparents during high school. I've seen this home a few times before but this time as Lance and I stopped while camping, he lightly pushed the door to see if it was open. No lock or wood was anywhere and the door came right open. I was a little scared to walk in and wasn't sure if the floor was going to hold me so I quickly took pictures of the rooms. I've never seen this before and my dad hasn't been in there since high school. My great grandparents (Pettingill's) lived and died here, Grandma being the last in the 1970's. I'm not sure if all this property inside is theirs or not, I know a few years ago the actual property sold to a local and I think he may use some of it for storage? I'm not really sure. I need to figure out more of my family history, obviously. This trip was a gold mine, never in my life did I ever think I'd see inside this cabin.

Little outhouse.

The living room.

This room is to the left when you walk in the front door. There were about 6-7 of these large barrels of grape concentrate. I kicked one and it sounded quite empty.

The kitchen.

Old green shag carpet between the living room and kitchen.

Old yearbook page I found on the kitchen floor.

This room is to the left of the kitchen. I'm not sure what kind of a nest is on the window sill and I wasn't going to find out.

Grandpa's dryer to the right of the kitchen.