Blogs from Kentucky, United States, North America - page 13

Went to the Kentucky Bourbon Festival today!! It was about 50 miles northwest of where we're staying in Campbellsville. Nice day and pretty drive up there. Parked and went to the Talbott Pub to get late lunch and some Kentucky Bourbon Barrel Ale. It's a nice beer that's finished in the bourbon barrels! Glenn tried some Apple Pie Moonshine...was delicious, but would be VERY dangerous!! We met a very nice young couple that had just moved from New Mexico to Lexington. They were fresh out of college and had taken their first jobs. We strolled over to the festival area, but were cash poor and the ATM onsite didn't work, so back downtown for an ATM. Back to the festival, where we tried some of the local bourbons. First sips were nice, but it wasn't long ... read more

The drive from Goodlettsville TN to the Dog Creek Campground on Nolin River Lake is only about 100 miles but took me over two hours on Wednesday, September 4, 2013. The narrow, winding roads leading to the campground from I-65 had me driving most of the distance at less than 35 mph. Nolin River Lake and the Dog Creek Campground are U.S. Army Corps of Engineers facilities located near Mammoth Cave National Park. I reserved an RV spot for only four nights since there were only a few additional attractions I had on my “to do” list in the Bowling Green area and since I had scheduled a visit with my aunt in nearby White Mills KY for the other three nights of my self-imposed “week.” I have found most Corps of Engineer campgrounds are similar ... read more

Up early for work. I pretty much stayed in my jammies all day while working. Nice! I had a few conference calls/meetings and lots to do. Ken went over to our neighbors (David and Joyce) to join him for coffee by the campfire. Dave is going to a gun shop today so Ken decided to join him. When he returns we have lunch-a slice of whole wheat toast, peanut butter and a slice of Swiss cheese. It is really good, you should try it! Ken piddles the rest of the day-washes the truck, organizes the 'basement' of the RV. I worked the rest of the day, took a shower and we went out for dinner-Hometown Pizza again. The waitress called me 'darling'. We had a thin crust pizza with bacon, mushrooms, banana peppers, onions. We kind ... read more

When I wake up, Pati and Ken are gone...they are walking the campground. I get up and make my latte. They returned a few minutes later, hot and sweaty although they tried to act like they weren't hot. Pati had yogurt, Ken had toast and of course I had my waffles (by the way, I eat them dry, right out of the toaster-the only good ones are the whole grain blueberry Egos). Afterwards we get ready to go....we are going to explore wineries today. I had no idea there were any wineries in Kentucky. In fact the owner of the winery told me the first one in the US was in KY. I found it hard to believe so I researched it. Wikipedia says: "The first commercial winery in the United States was established by an ... read more

13 August, 2013 Here are the highlights on the 5 states we passed through since my last blog entry. VERMONT We drove across the southern part of Vermont on Hwy 9 from Brattleboro to Bennington. There was a lot of traffic, mostly out of state license tags, just a very few from Vermont. Wilmington, about halfway across, was so pretty with flowers everywhere. Lots of flowerbeds, hanging baskets and window boxes full of flowers. Even the Welcome to Wilmington signs had flower boxes. Vermont and New Hampshire are such beautiful states. NEW YORK We drove to Troy then south to Albany. There was a lot of traffic heading south toward that Big City we prefer to avoid. Unlike in Vermont, most of the cars had New York tags. We drove from Albany to Binghamton, then into ... read more