Blogs from Kentucky, United States, North America - page 8

DAY 7 - Sunday, July 3, 2016 Fair Oaks, IN to Indianapolis, IN to Ohio to Hebron, KY Our final day of driving to our main destination - Cincinnati, OH/Hebron, KY!!! The whole reason for this trip - Answers In Genesis’ Creation Museum in Hebron, KY and the Ark Encounter in Williamstown, KY!!! What a blessing to be here! www.answersingenesis.org We took our time at the campground this morning to get cleaned up and have a nice breakfast. As we were leaving Fair Oaks we saw the “Punniest" signs. A huge 10 foot corn on the cob with a sign that read “Glad you visited Ear”. Then a gas station sign with a cow saying, “We have dairy clean bathrooms” And the final one we saw was a big red circle of cheese with a pie ... read more

Geo: 38.0486, -84.5003It's All Numbers8 States5 New States3200 miles59 hours in the car215 gallons of gas5 Marriotts1 House3 Univeristies 4 including Monsters Inc University4 theme parks and attractions38 alligators22 restaurants 8 Nationalities of foods90 bottles of water7 frozen desserts3 parking fees11 big cities (with high rises) 9 movies6 bodies of water (including rivers, lakes, oceans)2 pizzas1 boat1 sandy beach2 pools (they swam in)1 crappy hotel1 Cajunman6 toll roads5 capitals 6 different beds11 pairs of Nike Elite socks We didn't keep track of our spending like past years but I'm sure it is somewhere between 6-8,000 dollars. Including everything like tolls, parking, hotels etc.Memories...PRICELESS!Drive update. We made it to the Courtyard Lexington at 3 AM. It may have been the nicest Marriott on this trip which was nice at 3... read more

Geo: 37.4793, -82.5188Having stopped in to visit the home of the Kentucky Derby, we had to have a look at the nearby "Horse Capital of the World", Lexington, KY- it is the heart of the state's Bluegrass region (Bluegrass is not really blue--its green--but in the spring bluegrass produces bluish purple buds that when seen in large fields give a blue cast to the grass). DH's struggle with equines continues with our visit to the Kentucky Horse Park. The Kentucky Horse Park allowed us a chance to see a working horse farm and learn a little more about horses (and perhaps discover why DH has such a tense relationship with horses??). The park has a couple of on-site museums but we were hoping to see the champion Thoroughbreds in action and DH was looking to channel ... read more

Geo: 37.1831, -86.15So how often do you get to view the World's Largest Underpants without jostling with peak season crowds. We knew we had to take advantage of our re-entry into Kentucky in order to get the priority viewing tickets for this record setting garment (it was an exhibit in the Western Kentucky University Museum and, to be honest, we were the only ones there on the day we went- apparently it's not quite the draw for others as it is for us). It's not the only unusual item here and the first floor even had a surprisingly large tribute to Duncan Hines, a Bowling Green native. Back in the days when we did own a house, DH was never quite sure where the kitchen was so, given that cooking wasn't her thing, it wasn't surprising ... read more

There isn't so much to tell about the final two days of this road trip, and I'm rather exhausted after two days of massive amounts of driving (12 hours from start to finish on both days, though not all of that was driving). The two places I stopped along the way were convenient for breaking up the trips, and my overnight in Bowling Green was entirely to see someone I hadn't seen in a few months. But since I spent the most time there in the past two days, I figured that's where I would mark this post. Monday was primarily driving, and often through rain or misty conditions. My only stop was at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro, AR. It's in the northeastern corner of the state, so basically the opposite side from where I ... read more