Blogs from Kentucky, United States, North America

Yesterday we began a nearly 5 week journey that we had long planned, following the course of the now famous Lewis and Clark Journey of Discovery in 1803-6. At the request of his friend, president Thomas Jefferson, Meriwether Lewis put together a brave company of men to explore the newly purchased Louisiana Purchase, surely one of the greatest real estate deals of all time. More on that exploratory mission starting with my next post. But we started with an opportunity to see another of America's great national parks on the way to the starting point of our real journey. We needed a stopping point in Kentucky because the drive to St. Louis would have been too long. The choice was between Mammoth Cave National Park and Buffalo Trace Distillery. We chose the park, although I am ... read more

Corinth Baptist Church’s overflow parking lot was our Harvest Host (Wing & A Prayer) boondocking site for the night. A black cat stalked mice in the adjoining field.... read more

Our second Harvest Host stay was the Benton Family Farm Agricultural Learning Center south of Cincinnati. This 260 acre 4th generation farm has goats, chickens, ducks, rabbits, horses, sheep, cows and Taco, their Llama. Nearby was the Ark Encounter, a Christian young Earth creationist theme park we visited. The Ark structure was enormous inside and out! The science behind its construction and operation was impressive. That night Jen, Eric and the boys hosted us for dinner.... read more

Travel day form Nashville to home via Louisville. We slept in today. Did not get up until 0830, which for a dairy farmer is sleeping until after the normal second breakfast. Usually there is a breakfast snack before milking and another breakfast after milking. Leo had a walk to the park and then we loaded up the truck. We departed Nashville into a cool cloudy day. We drove for just a bit and then had a quick stop for breakfast. Our first stop of the day was in Louisville at the Evan Williams. Took a look around and Pete picked out a couple of specialty selections of whiskey that are not available at a regular store. We decided we should check out the Louisville Slugger Museum and Factory next. It is only a few blocks down ... read more

This is probably my longest blog post but wow! What a week! Not sure how I feel about Kentucky now haha. Sunday: Early morning to Mammoth Caves national park which is about 30 miles away. Beautiful weather on the surface- high of 70* and sunny. The caves of course do not have weather- they are around 55* year round. Copper and I found a few trails around the visitor center which went by natural entrances to the caves and along the Green River. I was completely fascinated by the river ferry and watched it shuttle cars across the river for a while. After lunch I dropped Copper off at the dog kennel in the park, hopped on the bus and did a 2 hour tour of the caves. Dogs were allowed anywhere above ground but not ... read more