Blogs from Kentucky, United States, North America - page 15

Sunday, 30 September, 2012 In honor of Kerry’s folks, who threatened to go to Mammoth Cave when they thought we had forgotten their 40th anniversary, we are heading to Mammoth Cave NP. We left home before noon, since we were still trying to get organized and didn’t have that far to drive. This is our first camping trip in our new truck pulling our new (to us) camper. We stopped first at Fort Donelson National Battlefield in Dover, TN, site of an important (to the Union) battle during the Civil War. It’s a beautiful part of the state at the southern end of Land Between the Lakes. After a short tour, a stamp and a patch, we continued on to our destination. The campground at Mammoth Cave National Park is very nice, lots of trees, starting ... read more

On September 15th, in the heart of the Bluegrass, flanked by historic brick colonials and shaded by a tall maple tree, Andras and I were finally married! We opted for a small, intimate ceremony combining a blend of natural beauty with southern elegance. In the weeks and months before, I'd busily hit the corners of the country again - Seattle for a bridal shower, New York to pick up the wedding dress - while Andras was out of the country in Mexico. The days prior were filled with last-minute errands, picking up family at the airport and finalizing arrangements for the rehersal dinner, watching the weather forecast call first for rain, then for thunderstorms, then for severe thunderstorms strickly limited to the hours our wedding was to be held outdoors. And somehow, everything was perfect. Up ... read more

The rubber bands are heading in the right direction. These are the words of wisdom that I discovered contained within my fortune cookie last night after consuming some mediocre-at-best Chinese food. I was perplexed, confused, and even excited. This string of words could well be the secret of life, or the unifying code that aligns quantam theory with gravity, or the very name of God! Or it could be a typo or a joke... Either way though, it seems that I had a mystery on my hands. In the style of the great dectectives of yore, I prepared to travel the world and spend millions of dollars on cool equipment whilst utilizing my astounding deductive reasoning to see connections where none have before. It was only then that I realized that those "great dectectives of yore" ... read more

Some of the world's greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible. ~Doug Larson As some of you might know, In February 2011, I was sitting on a beach in Chile writing a list of 27 goals to accomplish in my 27th year. I found that excercise quite rewarding, and I was actually able to accomplish several of them. On February 8th, 2012, I closed my 27th year of life began my 28th, I thought it'd be cool to revisit those goals, see which of them I actually did, and then post this year's list of 28 things to do in my 28th year. My hope is that you can help me to be more accountable so that I can have even more success next year. :) Well, here it ... read more

(Jason posting today) So it's day 1 and we're already well on our way to the West Coast. We packed up the bikes this morning and got a great breakfast with Alexis at the Metro 29 Diner. We finished breakfast and hit the road around 9am and headed out through Virginia with a quick stop at Larry's so dad could meet the puppies, and then continued on our way. We took the backroads through West Virginia and then picked up I64 into Kentucky. We had beautiful weather in the 70s the entire way with no traffic. We really didn't see too much of interest along the way since we've traveled a lot of this before, but it was a great day of riding and we put around 450 miles behind us. We knew we might hit ... read more