http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Kentucky/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , United States , Kentucky en-us Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:30:30 UTC Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:30:30 UTC La Habana to Colombia via Panamahelliphellip Medellin airport is a long way from the cityhellipthe closest flatenough land I supposehellipthe taxi pulls out of the airport before asking me where Irsquom goinghellipwhen I tell him he doesnrsquot know the hotelhellipflags down another cab no idea eitherhellipback to the airporthellipa gathering of cabs argues about the location http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Kentucky/blog-350746.html so many climbers camping here. climbers from around world. last week was so cold. I got sick. 2days just sleep and sleep. then now weather is nice and my body getting back from sick. climbing sport and little bit trad. my hand skin getting hard by climbing steep routs. my climbing brain getting good. more more climb http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Kentucky/blog-338732.html We are headed to Louisville Kentucky on some free United tickets we got last year when we voluntarily bumped ourselves off of a flight to Washington DC. We do not know what to expect but we hear the Kentucky Derby is the largest party in the world and the most exciting two minutes in sports. We also hear that there is a famous horse race that day as well. I bought two grandstand tickets on eb http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Kentucky/Louisville/blog-338295.html Wersquore on our way to Tennessee. We spent the past three days in Louisville and even with the things wersquove seen here I have a fear that wersquove missed places where we should have stoppedhelliptherersquos so much history in this part of the country and so many spots that I taught about in Social Studies. But we canrsquot stop at every place. did that sound like Bobrsquo http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Kentucky/Louisville/blog-334772.html As we drove through Ohio on our way to Louisville there was one place we had to stop for Grandpa Linscott White Castle. Cody had never been there before so we decided to give it a go. We ate our burgers as we drove from Columbus to Cincinnati. When we first drove in to Louisville we of course got lost and headed west to Indiana. We finally got turned around and found a spot to sleep for http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Kentucky/Louisville/blog-330437.html For the white people reading this travel blog dip set is Ebonics for leaveThis travel blog will provide my friends family and other people not accompanying me upon my journey a place to read my thoughts view my photos and watch my videos. All facilitated by this beautiful thing we like to call the World Wide Web.If you need to reach me during the course of my Journeys all you must do is http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Kentucky/Louisville/blog-302935.html The forty miles of I65 we drove from the Ohio River through Louisville KY south was bonejarring rough. We were happy to turn off onto the Western KY Parkway. At Eddyville KY we drove south on Hwy 641 seeing both the Barkley Dam on the Cumberland River and the Kentucky Dam on the Tennessee River. We had to backtrack near Benton KY due to an accident. We arrived home around 330 whe http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Kentucky/blog-301890.html Well it has been a couple of days since I wrote anything in here In that period of time we have managed to cross several states...Kansas Illinois Indiana and are now in Louisville Kentucky.On our way out of La Junta we visited Bent's Fort just outside the town. Bentrsquos Old Fort National Historic Site features a reconstructed 1840rsquos adobe fur trading post on the mountain branch o http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Kentucky/Louisville/blog-300799.html We drove through mostly farmland again from Kansas City MO to Lexington KY. We crossed the mighty Mississippi River in St. Louis MO where the evidence of the swollen river was all around. This is where we were to pick up I64 from I70 but we were surprised to find signs telling us it was closed. Karen called the Road Conditions number given her by AAA to get redirected. After a few minutes http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Kentucky/Lexington/blog-298563.html This is the second time that this has happened to us. The first time was last year in southern Indiana at a rest stop on I65 and today at a rest stop along I75 in northern Kentucky. Both times there was an urgent knock at the door. The only time George left the coach was the first time so we canrsquot be certain it was the same. It starts with an urgent knock at the door. There is one man st http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Kentucky/blog-289094.html Bear with me this is the first log entry so I will take some time and write a little more than I might otherwise put in the first day's trip record. I am also learning to add photos so there are more than might be necessary for this first entry. I will work on using formatting later.Today was mostly about getting started and taking advantage of an opportuntiy to visit with family. BJ our Minia http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Kentucky/Paducah/blog-288249.html We left our lovely campsite at around 10AM and headed to Louisville to go to the Louisville Slugger Factory and Museum. Thus began our journey to try and find a place to park the RV. We were told that there would be parking for the RV at the factory but no such luck. I ended up dropping off Carrie and Sam to run in and ask where we might be able to park. They found a place down the block the http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Kentucky/blog-286186.html Mammoth Cave Sun June 1 to Mon June 2Mammoth Cave is deserving of its name. So far about 360 some miles of tunnels have been explored. We hiked along 4 miles of them for 4 hrs. There were many types of cave structure from broad smooth tunnels of dry cave carved by slowmoving water and now crusted with gypsum formations that look like blossoms or snowballs to deep sinuous canyons through wh http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Kentucky/blog-283901.html Well we're off again. This time Greenland and Iceland...Home of the amazing musicians Bjork and Sigur Ross. Oh yeah and there are be icebergs penguins and a lot of vast countryside. Should be another grand adventureFor those new to the blog Welcome Feel free to familiarize yourself with some of the older blogs...and don't forget to signup if you would like to continue receiving updates v http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Kentucky/Lexington/blog-279626.html We did a drive through tour of Lexington City passed Transylvania University on the way to the Bluegrass Airport War Museum where Geoff took a personal guided tour with a retired pilot. It was a very cold morning about 5c. Off to Pleasant Hill Shaker Museum which is a complete Shaker township we met the broom maker the cooper the shaker box maker and they all showed us their skills. Too bad http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Kentucky/Louisville/blog-271709.html A beautiful southern style breakfast awaited us in the dinning room.....Yum It was a very warm morning beautiful sunny day.We then went to the Shaker Museum it is the living quarters and meeting room of the religious Shakers built in the early 1800's. It is set up as it would of been when the Shakers were there. They left this settlement in the early 1900's. We spent a good morning there a http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Kentucky/Lexington/blog-271698.html Our last day in Paducah today Marilyn and I went to the American Quilters Society Museum. Geoff and Tom went to Bluegrass Downs a race track just out of town. We all met up for lunch at the rotunda in the centre of town. The quilt museum was spectacular a pleasure to be there.We made our way south east to Sth Union Kentucky to stay at the Shaker House Tavern BB. It looked like a great souther http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Kentucky/blog-271686.html Happy Birthday Geoff XXXX A day out in Paducah From Kentucky Lake to Paducah is an hours drive through the green green grass of Kentucky Paducah is a lovely country town on the banks of the Ohio river it's also the home of the American Quilt Society Museum The place to be at the moment as the Quiltshow is on this weekend. Marilyn and Tom joined us from Rockford Marilyn and I hit the http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Kentucky/blog-271376.html Today we stepped back in time and spent the morning touring the Amish farms and business's. We did a self guided tour with a mp3 it was very informative. We visited Drygood hardware fencing quilt garden grocery business's. We purchased fruit and nuts pumpkin bread oat and raisin cookies fabric and a deadblow hammer and a few other bits and pieces The fields are bare at the moment th http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Kentucky/Land-Between-The-Lakes-National-Recreation-Area/blog-271364.html The true way to render ourselves happy is to love our work and find in it our pleasure.Francoise de MottevilleWell believe it or not faithful readers Soarpheat AKA Chris McEachron for the first time ever has a full time 9 to 5 job. Pretty crazy huh Anywho I'll get to that shortly. When I last left you I believe I was about to head off into the wild blue hot yonder back in Baja. It was http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Kentucky/Frankfort/blog-268732.html Posted by Onaxthiel Thanks to a good night's sleep at U's house we were prepped for what would be a fairly long day of driving. We went with U to a local restaurant for breakfast and the waitress shared a bit of knowledge on some of the local spots to see on our way towards Nashville. They were in an area known as land between the lakes a zone we had been considering visiting anyway. With b http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Kentucky/blog-267754.html Ready for another chronicle of adventures traipsing across the globe We areTomorrow we head for Europe. Yeah yeah we were in Paris just a few months ago but this time work is sending us to Poland for a week. Then since we will the there already and can't pass up the opportunity we will take a week of vacation and whip through Budapest Vienna and Prague.So tomorrow we shall cross the great http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Kentucky/Louisville/blog-265155.html Lexington Kentucky Horse Park and Keeneland Race CourseKentucky is beautiful in the spring. Returning to the Horse Park RV Park feels like home. Diner at Le Deauville in downtown Lexington is very French and VERY delicious. Niece Kate McMahon who sells stallion seasons for Darley Stables picked up the tab for seven of us since we all around the table have ldquoshares in maresrdquo I g http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Kentucky/Lexington/blog-264114.html Yea Wersquore back into shows for real Sort of. Therersquos two teaser shows here in Danville then 4 days off then real tour. But today was good. Itrsquos our first show short Rachel so a lot of jobs shifted. I am now the ALD ME board op master carpenter. So along with my normal in jobs I have to make sure the bounce cyc scrim and header get hung and the ground row gets b http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Kentucky/blog-260164.html Or ldquoLet me out. I have to pee I have to peerdquoEarly morning long drive. Rachel came down to wish us off. We were sad to leave her. Kyle and Beth took off in the truck while Sarah and I headed in to get Anne. It was weird leaving Rachel behind. 5 is an odd number in more than one way. As usual I slept a large majority of the morning. I had some really odd dreams and slept p http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Kentucky/blog-259814.html Today was really early. Irsquom used to getting up early on Sundays but usually I donrsquot have to get 4 children up or rely on someone else for breakfast. I like my Sunday routine and this wasnrsquot it. But allrsquos good.We had three morning services 830 10 and 1130. Gross. The kids were exhausted by the end of the second show with another one to go Yikes It was the fir http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Kentucky/Lexington/blog-256874.html We sort of got to sleep in today. I guess Ruthie came in around 8 asking Sarah if they were allowed to be awake yet. Vegged. I actually took two naps before going to work.Yea We finally had a show today So exciting. Not really a real show but a church show in a real church. Irsquoll put pictures up soon. Tonight I was learning quiet humility as I asked the house techs intelligent que http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Kentucky/Lexington/blog-256520.html