This house is where I grew up. The road (Route 601) is below the photo. This may be one of the last photos ever taken of the sheds in the lower left of the photo; we tore them down early in 1986 in order to build a new house in that location. In the center of the photo, you can see the climbing gym made of PVC pipe that my father built for me and my brother. Below it is a slide and platform inside a large sandbox under a giant sour-cherry tree, and below that across the fence is the driveway and carshed. At the very bottom of the photo you can just see my parents' '69 Chevrolet pickup.

I think the only manmade structure in this photo that's still standing is the grape arbor in the top left.

Thank you for sharing your memories of this property captured in this Vintage Aerial photo. It's fascinating to hear about the former structures and features of the land before the new house was built. Do you have any other recollections of growing up in the area? We'd love to hear more stories about life in Giles County during that time period.