http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Kentucky/Louisville/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , United States , Kentucky , Louisville en-us Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:39:41 UTC Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:39:41 UTC 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 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 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 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 First Off. WHAT is with all the dead skunks I realize they are groggy and think it is spring but why do they all try to celebrate by having a party on the pavement There are dead skunks and their stink all over the place. We've been through two spray cans of orange scented air purifiers. March 1st 2008 Setting out on our way down to Wichita. We went back through Louisville. Saw a 67 car pile u http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Kentucky/Louisville/blog-252480.html I apologize for the delay in my writing. After the loss of my camera and bike in September I was momentarily plunged into the shadow of a defeated mentality and lost inspiration to write. I had lost the ability to share pictures with my words and thought that my words alone were probably not enough to keep your attention. This lull in my mood did not beat me but by the time I had regained my http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Kentucky/Louisville/blog-222938.html I guess the travelblog website crashed sometime while I was in new york and some of my entries were lost. I managed to get some of them back but I think at least of them is just gone. So I hope you got to read them before they disappeared..... Also the pictures that are up are in most recent order going back. We flew back into louisville yesterday and I am fairly glad to be here. There are a lot http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Kentucky/Louisville/blog-191012.html We leave for new york. There are a few buses leaving at various times but i think we are going to take the one at 615. It's a 17 hour ride so we will arrive in new york city on sunday around noon. We are staying with mischa's dad for a few days in the east village and then taking a bus to cooperstown. We are thinking we will do that on wednesday. Soo.... as soon as I find an opportunity to use a http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Kentucky/Louisville/blog-183648.html Mischa is now going with me to the farm in new york. The man who owns it wasn't sure how he felt about the both of us coming for a visit but after talking to both of us on the phone he seems to be ok with it. As of now we are aiming to leave by this weekend. I can't even be excited about it because every time we think we have everything done then it turns out we have 5 more things to do or wait o http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Kentucky/Louisville/blog-182137.html So today is the first day this week I have had a chance to relax... being that all week even though I have not had a job I have had tons of errands to run in preparation for my travels. Packing for this trip was much different than any packing I have done before. Usually it takes me approximately 10 minutes to throw everything I need into some sort of bag but as I will be gone for a couple of mont http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Kentucky/Louisville/blog-175540.html So after a very long day I'm officially back in the Lville And I'm still awake surprisingly enough I hope to have my last update soon on my last official touristy thing in Scotland a trip to Oban more Thanks for the readership http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Kentucky/Louisville/blog-166548.html Do not go where the path may lead go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.Ralph Waldo EmersonWell everybody I guess that technically today is the big day. Today is the day that I leave the protectionconfines of home and head out looking for the dangeradventure of the great Out There. My truck is packed and there's really no reason for me to be awake right now 5 short hours befo http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Kentucky/Louisville/blog-157825.html Added 414 miles to our trip...we were passing through West Virginia and entered Kentucky to visit our friends who moved away from Carper's Farm two years ago...the Lytle Family now in Louisville Kentucky. Hogan was glad to get out and stretch his legs in the huge backyard. Emily and Nora were thrilled to have a sleep over with their friends Natalie and Isabel. What a nice stop on the way http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Kentucky/Louisville/blog-152221.html So I'm almost completely packed. I just have to run a few last minute errands and finish packing and then I'll be on my way. I leave Louisville around 549pm and arrive in Atlanta about an hour later. Atlanta depature is around 830 making me arrive in Edinburgh at 930am. Weather looks like it will be rainy but a little bit warmer. The adventure begins... http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Kentucky/Louisville/blog-122758.html So I'm getting so excited about this entire experience. I'm 33 days and counting until I travel to Edinburgh United Kingdom for my study abroad experience I'll be attending Napier University where I will be hopefully studying Animal Behavior Whale and Dolphin Biology Scottish Culture and Society and Hillwalking. Itrsquos going to be a major adjustment emotionally and physically. Irsquo http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Kentucky/Louisville/blog-113422.html 11182006 858 AMI65 north of Louisville. When we pulled in to the club last night we noticed the night was billed as a ldquoMetalrdquo night which neither of these bands are. Although people that listen to metal seem to like us despite our lack of heavy guitar chugging and cookie monster sounding vocals. Apparently the promoter originally had a different venue that had been used by the loc http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Kentucky/Louisville/blog-104410.html Hopefully just one more day here... been having lots of electronic trouble but at least have been able to rely on basic navigation techniques. http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Kentucky/Louisville/blog-83997.html Louisville is an awesome city. No traffic at rush hour a towering financial district look for pictures later of Bardstown the bustling cultural district. http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Kentucky/Louisville/blog-82007.html The past few days have brought us through Nebraska Iowa Missouri Illinois Kentucky Tennessee and Indiana. The last two states were by mistake. It turns out that my navigator isn't really good with maps.We've been in Kentucky now for 3 days. I'll be spending a week here in Loisville at a budget motel. I have a lot of work to do over the coming weeks but I'll try to post some pictures every fe http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Kentucky/Louisville/blog-81968.html Several people have been wondering what country I am in now whether or not I sold Sara into the white slave trade etc. Well I am in the United States and no one would buy that damn skinny useless thing but donrsquot think I didnrsquot try my hardest. Yeah we ran outta money. Let's see. Upon returning I played fourteen games of trivial pursuit worked crew for my dadrsquos show watche http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Kentucky/Louisville/blog-78052.html On est aller voir les Mammouth Cave... cest vraiment trippant de voir quon est sous la terre. Au debut on voulait dans un trajet de 6 heures mais finalement il ne restais plus de billet. Alors on a fait un trajet de 3 heures 3 miles de long.Il y a des salles incroyablement grandes la dedans sa na pas de sens. Toute le trajet on la fait avec des lanteres a lancienne maniere. On a vraiment http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Kentucky/Louisville/blog-71011.html Nous avions etablit que la langue du voyage serait la langue du pays entre nous egalement.Merlin nous apporte quelques perles en voici une Au souper il s'est commande un club sandwich ce qu'il a eu ne ressemblait pas beaucoup a ce qu'il s'attandait d'avoir. Merlin We don't have this in Quanada GabJP JP Maybe we should visit Quanada some day that sounds like a nice http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Kentucky/Louisville/blog-70967.html On est rendu expert a se perdre plusieurs heures a Nashville et plusieurs autres a Memphis. Nous sommes alle a Churchill Downs home of the famous Kentuky Derby. J'ai mise 2 sur le cheval 9 dans la cinquieme course il est arrive 4e Nous avons visite un musee d'armures. J'ai laisse des echantillons de cartes dans un centre de science.Memphis Un musee de musique m'a achete 24 jeux de cart http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Kentucky/Louisville/blog-70966.html De la route beaucoup de route. Les americains ont invente les camions il y a tellement de camions specialement la nuit c'est incroyable. Il a plu pendant des heures et des heures pas question d'arreter camper.Finalement nous somme arrive a Mammouth Cave en 32 heures. A suivreJyPe http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Kentucky/Louisville/blog-70940.html