Blogs from Louisville, Kentucky, United States, North America - page 5

When I was very young, I discovered my desire to travel, my appreciation for natural beauty, for people who both looked and sounded unlike me. These were the years when my family packed up some of our best clothing, including our favorite sandals and swim suits, and jetted down to Florida for 5- and 7-day cruises. We traveled the Caribbean, the Gulf of Mexico, and eventually, Hawaii. We stayed in 3- and 4- star hotels, ate what we wanted, and took advantage of local tour operations. Needless to say, I was blessed. Somewhere in between those luxury vacations, however, I took a different kind of vacation - camping, in the middle of Kentucky. I'll tell you now, that was with a friend's family, as I don't think my family ever owned a tent that was big ... read more

We’re on our way to Tennessee. We spent the past three days in Louisville, and even with the things we’ve seen here, I have a fear that we’ve missed places where we should have stopped…there’s so much history in this part of the country, and so many spots that I taught about in Social Studies. But we can’t stop at every place. (did that sound like Bob’s voice?!) Anyway, here are some random thoughts: southern Michigan and Indiana grow mums, and ship them nationwide. My point is, there are so many thousands of mum plants everywhere. The plants are huge~~I’d have trouble getting my arms around the tops~~and sell for around $3.00. Sometimes they’re $5, but usually less. Businesses (hotels, offices, “unique gift stores”, etc.) will have two dozen stacked up in the front. It’s awesome! ... read more

For the white people reading this travel blog dip set is Ebonics for "leave" This 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 shoot me an Email @ tabobfather@gmail.com or send me a message on the Social Networking tool Facebook.com.... read more

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 I couldn't fit a broom in the suitcase..... I would of had one ! I did get a shaker box ! The workmanship of the shakers is down to perfection. A rocking chair would look great on the back deck at KB !! We were the last to leave at 5.30pm.... they kicked us out ! We travelled onto Louisville and the sun came ... read more

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 inspiration I was out of the habit of writing and long since caught up in yet another whirlwind of adventure which I could not pull myself away from for long enough to reflect upon from the outside. But for what it's worth I would like to think back and fill in some of the larger holes I left behind so ... read more