Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Frankfort the capitol of Kentucky
The wheels on the van kept going round and round, ALL day Monday! Our first stop was to say Hello to Daniel and Rebecca Boone who are buried in an OLD cemetery that is high on a hill that has the very best view of the city of Frankfort. We toured the capitol building, which has more marble than any building I think we’ve ever seen. Walking around the back of the capitol complex we saw the biggest prettiest floral clock and fountain. As impressive as it is now, the colors in the clock will be ablaze in another month. The man in charge of the gardens stopped us and offered to take our picture. In conversation, we discovered that he grew up in Ypsilanti Michigan! At the Rebecca Ruth Candy Factory we enjoyed a sample of their famous bourbon candies but declined to pay the price for their tour. Other stops in downtown were the Old Capitol building and some of the quaint shops that line the streets. Before we headed out of town to meet friends for lunch we ventured to the top of another “hill” that overlooks the city from another side and found a restored Civil War fort that gave more insight to the area.
In very quaint and charming Midway Kentucky we met Steve, Harry’s Ohio University buddy and Steve’s neat wife Rachel for lunch at a restaurant called “Darlin’ Jeans” for a yummsrecious lunch that was finished off with Pecan Cobbler! They took us to the “farm” where Rachel volunteers for a tour to meet the residents. Old Friends at Dream Chase Farm is a farm for retired racehorses - - mostly stallions that must be kept in their own separate pastures. It’s the old saying-“boys will be boys”! We got quite an education along with meeting the magnificent horses! One of the 5 horses that played “Seabiscuit” was even there, but his real name is “Popcorn Deelite".
Before we headed home for the night we enjoyed a private tour of the rolling hills around Versailles, past some of the most elaborate horse “farms” and were treated to a wonderful meal at Steve and Rachal’s lovely home.
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In very quaint and charming Midway Kentucky we met Steve, Harry’s Ohio University buddy and Steve’s neat wife Rachel for lunch at a restaurant called “Darlin’ Jeans” for a yummsrecious lunch that was finished off with Pecan Cobbler! They took us to the “farm” where Rachel volunteers for a tour to meet the residents. Old Friends at Dream Chase Farm is a farm for retired racehorses - - mostly stallions that must be kept in their own separate pastures. It’s the old saying-“boys will be boys”! We got quite an education along with meeting the magnificent horses! One of the 5 horses that played “Seabiscuit” was even there, but his real name is “Popcorn Deelite".
Before we headed home for the night we enjoyed a private tour of the rolling hills around Versailles, past some of the most elaborate horse “farms” and were treated to a wonderful meal at Steve and Rachal’s lovely home.
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Sunday, April 27, 2008
ON THE ROAD AGAIN!
We’re doing it again! Harry got his home chores done and once more we are on the road to places we’ve never been. Our first stops are someplace we’ve been but enjoyed and wanted to visit again- Metamora and Madison Indiana. Our next stops will be places we’ve never been – Frankfort Kentucky and the Red River Gorge. Our last stop will be my ever-favorite Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington Kentucky.
We must all learn to NEVER judge a day by the first 2 hours. Saturday, April 26th started out gray and gloomy and very windy. (Remember the Texas winds?) We removed ourselves from I75 just north of Bowling Green Ohio and cut over to Rt127 and down to Celina. . The mileage on the van was a whopping 11 miles per gallon thanks to the headwinds we fought all day long but the sun came out by noon and the roads were good. The views were beautiful! The cliffs and hillsides were speckled with redbud trees, dogwood and wildflowers in different shades of pink, magenta, purple, blue and white.
Metamora Indiana is a restored canal town complete with an operating gristmill, canal and quaint shops, surrounded by farms and friendly buckskin horses and even a brand new colt. We had hoped to camp at Versailles State Park but the cost was a bit high so we finished our Indiana leg of our adventure by camping in a small city park on the Ohio River in Madison.
Sunday was another gorgeous day. Rt 421 wound up and down and around from Madison to our next temporary home in Frankfort Kentucky. Elkhorn Creek Campground is just outside Frankfort and our great camping spot backs right up to Elkhorn Creek. We’ve gotten the bikes down off the rack on the trailer and have found a pretty little waterfall/dam just upstream from the campground.
A cold front has come thru and it has turned “cool” after reaching a lovely high of 70 plus today and yesterday. Yes, and it’s raining - - - but we are cozy and warm!
Monday we are going to explore part of historic downtown Frankfort.
We must all learn to NEVER judge a day by the first 2 hours. Saturday, April 26th started out gray and gloomy and very windy. (Remember the Texas winds?) We removed ourselves from I75 just north of Bowling Green Ohio and cut over to Rt127 and down to Celina. . The mileage on the van was a whopping 11 miles per gallon thanks to the headwinds we fought all day long but the sun came out by noon and the roads were good. The views were beautiful! The cliffs and hillsides were speckled with redbud trees, dogwood and wildflowers in different shades of pink, magenta, purple, blue and white.
Metamora Indiana is a restored canal town complete with an operating gristmill, canal and quaint shops, surrounded by farms and friendly buckskin horses and even a brand new colt. We had hoped to camp at Versailles State Park but the cost was a bit high so we finished our Indiana leg of our adventure by camping in a small city park on the Ohio River in Madison.
Sunday was another gorgeous day. Rt 421 wound up and down and around from Madison to our next temporary home in Frankfort Kentucky. Elkhorn Creek Campground is just outside Frankfort and our great camping spot backs right up to Elkhorn Creek. We’ve gotten the bikes down off the rack on the trailer and have found a pretty little waterfall/dam just upstream from the campground.
A cold front has come thru and it has turned “cool” after reaching a lovely high of 70 plus today and yesterday. Yes, and it’s raining - - - but we are cozy and warm!
Monday we are going to explore part of historic downtown Frankfort.
Thursday, March 13, 2008
WE ARE HOME
Darn it !
On Monday March 10th we said farewell and Thank you to the owners of the Singing Hills Campground and once again, pointed the truck to the north. Our intent was to stay a night at the Clifty Falls State Park in Madison Indiana, however, the campground was full of snow, mud and had NO facilities open. We had visited the park several years ago on another trip and were looking forward to exploring it further. Oh well. We did enjoy a delicious soup and salad buffet lunch in the lodge, overlooking the Ohio River and watched the coal barges pushing their cargo on the river. Our next stop was Hueston Woods State Park in Oxford Ohio and then Grand Lake St Mary’s State Park near Wapakoneta – same at both campgrounds – no facilities open. We chose to come on home and arrived about 9pm.
Since our waterbed has been unplugged for the last 103 days we were still “camping” as we slept on an air mattress with sleeping bags in the TV room! Our Tuesday was clean out the camper and wash the truck day. I am trying to overcome my trip lag and get something constructive done!
To all of you who went with us on our Winter Texas Adventure, via this blog – We thank you for traveling with us! To all of our new friends that we met along the way - We hope to meet again!
On Monday March 10th we said farewell and Thank you to the owners of the Singing Hills Campground and once again, pointed the truck to the north. Our intent was to stay a night at the Clifty Falls State Park in Madison Indiana, however, the campground was full of snow, mud and had NO facilities open. We had visited the park several years ago on another trip and were looking forward to exploring it further. Oh well. We did enjoy a delicious soup and salad buffet lunch in the lodge, overlooking the Ohio River and watched the coal barges pushing their cargo on the river. Our next stop was Hueston Woods State Park in Oxford Ohio and then Grand Lake St Mary’s State Park near Wapakoneta – same at both campgrounds – no facilities open. We chose to come on home and arrived about 9pm.
Since our waterbed has been unplugged for the last 103 days we were still “camping” as we slept on an air mattress with sleeping bags in the TV room! Our Tuesday was clean out the camper and wash the truck day. I am trying to overcome my trip lag and get something constructive done!
To all of you who went with us on our Winter Texas Adventure, via this blog – We thank you for traveling with us! To all of our new friends that we met along the way - We hope to meet again!
Sunday, March 9, 2008
Mammoth Cave Kentucky
Surprise! After a few phone calls to campgrounds near Mammoth Cave National Park we pulled out from Nashville and headed north on US65 and parked at Singing Hills Campground in Cave City Kentucky just 5 miles from the National Park. The campground owners greeted us with a plowed campspot. Sunday morning was beautiful with its blue skies and sparking white snow on the dark wet earth background. The National Park has a resident group of deer that looked up to watch us pass. We enjoyed most of the subteranian adventure that took us deep under the ground- 500 total steps down. 280 ON THE INITIAL DESCENT!! Down and around and around and down!! Once we stopped falling- I started to enjoy the venture! Harry still has my fingerprints in his shoulder! He makes a wonderful assist person for this old blind lady.
The campground is a small area of a former tobacco plantation. There is a very old, very worn looking cedar tree that was cluttered with all the robins that we saw in Lake Charles, Louisiana. It's working - - they are keeping up with us! The tree looks like a squatty Christmas tree and the robins, cardinals and bluejays are all of the ornaments. Yes - we have pictures to show!
Sunday afternoon- the snow is almost all gone, the sky has not a cloud in it and the temps are mid 40's! ANOTHER gorgeous day! Monday morning we will move up the road a bit farther and will look for a spot on the Ohio River.
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