May 14, 2013 - Lexington, KY

Off to Lexington (horse Capital of the World)rather than visiting Louisville which did not seem as interesting. Weather is in the 60’s and beautiful. Arrived at our thoroughbred tour pickup, Embassy Suites, in time for a bite of lunch. There were 6 of us for a tour with John of Thoroughbred Heritage Tours. He was very informative and fun for 3 hours. The name Lexington was an affront (“FU”) from the soldiers to the British in Lexington in MA during the Civil War. Lots of battles with the Shawnee Indians over the pike routes to the town...

May 14, 2013 - Lexington, KY

Another breezy, balmy and sunny day. We drove into Lexington to see the sights. We drove through the University of Kentucky campus and Medical Center which is in town. The downtown is not large and like many cities we have visited, there are plenty of shop vacancies. That said, there is a major effort for revitalization. The town was founded in the 1790’s and has a lovely historic district of brick homes. The Rupp Basketball Convention Center is right off Triangle Square which has a lovely wall falls. The Visitor Center has designed a nice...

May 13, 2013 - Bart's 50th

We left Florida a week ago and spent a few days in South Carolina with my aunt and uncle. Midweek we headed to Fisherville KY to help daughter-in-law Sherry prepare for our son Bart's 50th birthday bash. Everett had a great time working on the farm again. I know if he were 15 years younger we'd be here for a month! All the kids and grandkids here, what a treat. Lots of family on all sides and many friends helped celebrate. And, what do cowboys do when they get together? They bring their horses, set up a round pen and rope cattle!

May 12, 2013 - Nashville, TN to Shepherdsville, KY

As promised, I made scrambled eggs, bacon, toast and coffee for Mother’s Day breakfast only to find that camp offered free breakfast with blue grass music. One of the nice aspects of the way we travel is that we can change our plans in a moment. I spoke with my sister and family this morning regarding our Columbus visit. They recommended going to Maker’s Mark in the bourbon/winery region south of Louisville and a horse farm tour in Lexington. I got on the internet and researched all of the tours and a new campground prospect. It is a...

May 9, 2013 - From Iowa to Florida

Tue 04/30: Left our driveway in Glenwood at 6:49 a.m. [picture] Arrived in Paducah, Kentucky around 6:00 p.m. Decided to stay in a hotel. Long drive. Pretty uneventful. Stayed at Drury Inn. Wed 05/01: Left Paducah at ____ a.m. Arrived in Macon, GA at 5:00 p.m. Stayed at Sleep Inn. Again pretty uneventful. Thu 05/02: Left Macon at _____ a.m. Traveled to Ocala to Penske to drop off car trailer. I drove the car and Gary the Penske truck to our storage unit in Lecante. We dropped off the Penske truck then onto our campsite at Rock Crusher...

May 6, 2013 - taking my glasses back

Everybody went to Red River Gorge camping. It has been raining for 3 days but they have a cabin so probably just stay in and play cards. The Brown's went to Lexington so I decided to take my glasses back..I can't believe we paid over 600dollars for them and I can't read with them on. I have been wearing my 4 dollar readers. Of course they had all kinds of excuses why I couldn't see out of them. I finally convinced them I couldn't read with them on and so they examined my eyes again and have decided they needed changing. I am anxious to get...

May 5, 2013 - We have help.

Last wed. I was sitting outside reading and a trailer came over the hill. I knew they were good people because they were pulling a big horn trailer. It was a couple that are Campers on Mission. They are from Florida and are on there way to Ohio so they will be here helping us for 3 weeks. We love having help. They are Danny and Elias Brown. We had about 80 guest here last Fri.and Sat. Donald has been mowing and I have been in the laundry. We did feed and wash dishes Fri and Sat. We went to Simpsonville to church today and out to eat with...

May 4, 2013 - Day 6: Mammoth Cave and beyond

We awoke this morning to rain, rain, rain. When Ralph opened the door, he found about 3 inches of water under our steps! Disconnecting the RV with that much standing water called for crocs... there was no getting around the water. Fortunately we had allowed enough time that we still pulled out at 11 am. Our plan was to head to Louisville and spend the night at a WalMart. However, when the signs for Mammoth Cave began to appear, we quickly modified our plans. We've been to Carlsbad Caverns and then we went through the cave at Raccoon...

May 3, 2013 - Shepherdsville KY

Today started kind of slow – no real reason other than we really had nothing thrilling planned in Louisville; our destination for the day. We left Grandma’s a bit after 11:00 and after only about 25 minutes we were parked in downtown Louisville behind the Louisville Slugger baseball bat factory and museum and made our way inside for a tour of the facility. The tour was a pretty interesting way to spend 30 minutes. They showed you the entire process of how they manufacture bats for every level of player from Little League to the Major...

May 2, 2013 - Shepherdsville KY

Well, we actually stuck to our plan for today. We got up, headed south on I-65 for about 20 minutes until we found a McDonald’s for breakfast and a gas station, then back on the road for about another 40 miles to Exit 53, then west from the interstate to the park. The park is not very big – only 5,000 acres – but within that relatively small area is the longest cave system in the world. They currently have mapped 400 miles of caves on 5 different levels and expect to add more to the total when more surveys are done. They know that there is...

May 1, 2013 - Cedarmore

We made it to Cedarmore on Monday. They had moved a doublewide trailer in our camping spot so we are closer to the staff trailers. The most important thing is that my swing is still here. Also our porch is still here. Today another couple came in They are in a 39 foot Big Horn trailer so we know they have good taste. They are members of Campers On Mission and will be here 3 weeks. Always is nice to have company. I haven't felt good since we got here so I didn't go to work until this afternoon. They have contracted out the washing of the...

May 1, 2013 - Shepherdsville KY

Greetings, from the Eastern Time zone - despite us going north, not back east. Strange, but once you get into the middle of KY you go back into Eastern Time which means we lose an hour. Would someone make up their mind? We have enough to worry about without trying to figure out what time it is. OK, enough venting. We woke up fairly early and once we got moving a suggestion was made - and it may have been by me - to hit the Barrel of Crackers around the corner instead of rummaging for something to eat here in the bus. Lucky for me, MB loved...