A day trip to the Bluegrass state
It’s. The. Last. Day. Of. April.
How did this happen so quickly?
Sigh
Either this is a sign of age or I just have too many irons in the fire. Hmmm, I think it’s the latter because mentally I’m forever 18!
How was your weekend?
DH, DS, and I ventured into Kentucky on Friday making for an all day trip. This is how our morning looked….
If I do say so myself, this turned out pretty darn good, don’t you agree?
What takes us to Kentucky, you ask. We had been talking about doing this for the last year or so. In the late 90s, we took a day trip with the kiddos when they were quite small. DS was only 2-years old. So, we thought a revisit would be great fun for us all.
Our first stop took us to Hodgenville at the birth site memorial for Abraham Lincoln.
About half an hour west, we ventured to Elizabethtown to see two notable landmarks again.
And, right around the corner from the Brown-Pusey House visitors can see a real Civil War cannonball lodged in the side of a building since 1882, fired from a cannon in 1862. The original building burned down with the salvaged cannonball placed in its original proximity of the earlier site.
Across from the cannonball exhibit is, Elizabethtown’s courthouse. This plaque tells a little history of General Custer’s presence in the city.
Incidentally, Elizabethtown has as a strong influence of our 15th president’s parents and his boyhood years in this city with landmarks noting dates and events. We headed toward Fort Knox where we stumbled upon a cemetery for our armed servicemen with this memorial erected near the entrance.
Not far from the cemetery is the famous gold bouillon – Fort Knox and let me say, it isn’t an easy spot to photograph. I took this picture along 31 west with the car in motion and soon after I snapped the shutter DS said, “Mom, there are ‘NO photographing’ signs posted.” Whoops, I didn’t see them it is all I can say.
The Ohio River was the next point of interest for us to check out in Louisville. Along the way, DH spied a donut shop and had to check it out. What can I say, except he’s a donut hound! This was our 3rd donut shop stop for the day, each time he came out with no less than a dozen assorted donuts every time. No, I kid you not.
Our final historic attractions to see in the great state of Kentucky was…
This was a full day and honestly, we could have stayed longer. But, then it wouldn’t be a day trip anymore. I’m sure we’ll make another trip to these same places and there is always something new that my family and I will take away from our revisits. A good time was had by us all!
For more information on Kentucky visit, Kentucky Tourism to learn what’s to see
Patrice from Chats on a farmhouse porch is asking…
- When it’s time to cut the grass (mow the lawn), who does it? Actually, our lawn needs cut now, but we’re in the middle of having several trees taken down. To save money ($1200), the tree removal service is cutting the trees into manageable pieces for us to take to the curb for the city can haul it off. You gotta be frugal in this economy. That being said, our yard is be littered with the remains of more than a dozen trees. Who knows how long this job will take? Oh yeah, back to the question…who cuts the lawn. Normally DS does this, but now that he has a job then I’m unsure how we’ll handle this. I may have to hire the job done. DH has severe allergies to cut grass.
- If someone gave you $500 dollars and you could not spend it on yourself, who would you spend it on? I guess I would spend the money first on my husband, but that was out of the question then it would be my children. I can always find something I know they either need or want.
- Have you ever taken a blogging break or considered one? Sometimes I do think about this, but I know I can’t stay away too long. Blogging is addictive like a drug. It’s not easy to walk away from. At the end of May, I will be enjoying my annual staycation with DH and during that time I won’t be on the internet or in Blogosphere. This usually helps to refresh me a bit, but I will admit this the last time I got overwhelmed with trying to get back into the blogging groove too quickly by visiting too many blogs in a short order. That just frustrated me.
- Are you bothered by spring allergies or hay fever? If not spring, any other time of the year? I have allergies year round, but the spring and fall are the worse times. This spring has been especially bad with all the pollen.
- What’s new with you? There really isn’t much new with me, other than we’re having more trees cut down this week. We are using the same crew that we did last fall/winter. And…our birthday season is beginning. Of course, it’s not as busy as once was now that two of kiddies have flown the nest. I can’t believe my baby will be 19 this week.
Thanks for stopping by this morning. Now, grab a cup of coffee and join me as I visit my lovelies at….
