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Showing posts with label Kentucky. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kentucky. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Off to Kentucky

On Saturday morning, we had what was supposed to be an easy drive to
Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky,
and things were rolling along smoothly
until our crazy GPS lady decided we needed
to take a tour of Bowling Green Kentucky. . .
after about the third freaky turn, we just pulled over
right onto the side of the street to get our bearings. . .good grief!

The minute we are parked somewhere long enough
to have a package delivered I will SO be ordering
that Rand McNally RV GPS. . .crazy woman!
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we’ve been to this park before,
Mammoth Cave National Park - Kentucky
located with the boundaries of the National Park. . .
it’s a great place to be for a few days. . .
except for the crazy tornado weather. . .helloooo!

Weather alerts on the phone, and tornado sirens
going off are not really conducive to a peaceful evening. . .
thankfully, it was all over rather quickly. . .
the storm passed about 40 miles southeast of us. . .
we didn’t even get the predicted wind gusts. . .yaaa!
I’ll take a hurricane any day. . .thank you very much!
but all is well. . .we’ve done a couple of hikes while here. . .
but mostly we’ve just stayed inside and avoided the rain. . .

Tomorrow we head out to Indianapolis to photograph the
State Capitol Building. . .
‘til next time,
Janice and Dave

Monday, July 11, 2011

Evans Escapades–We must live a boring life

We have friends who write RV Blogs almost every day about the exciting things they do. . .museum tours, hikes on the beach, wonderful places to eat. . .so I’m trying to come up with something exciting to write about. . .you know. . .just to let everyone know what we’ve been up to.
Sorry to tell you. . .our life is just not exciting.  I mean, we are never bored. . .we love anything and everything, so just going on a hike is an adventure that we thoroughly enjoy. . .but it’s just not spectacular.
Nevertheless, for the sake of friends and family, I will share a few pics, so you will know where we are, and what we are up to. . .here goes. . .
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We made lunch for Dad and my brothers on Father’s Day weekend. . .then headed out. . .
July 2011 - Natchez Trace Parkway
Started up the Natchez Trace Parkway at Jackson MS. . .here’s more on those adventures.
Leiper's Fork TN - July 2011
not sure why the Duke’s of Hazzard Vehicles were parked on the side of the road in Leiper’s Fork, on the Natchez Trace, but it was interesting, so we took a picture. . .
Terminus Bridge ending the Natchez Trace Parkway - Nashville TN
and ended at the Terminus Bridge in Nashville. . .we didn’t drive every inch of it. . .but we drove enough to get a good feel for the experience.   I certainly would not want to have walked that almost 500 miles through the woods. . .
Carnton Plantation -  Franklin TN - July 2011
Enjoyed meeting up with our good friends, the Portman’s who came all the way from Houston to spend the week with us. . .actually they love Franklin TN so much. . .any excuse was a good enough reason to be there. . .
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and they were right. . .
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it is a beautiful little town!
American Goldfinch - Peterson Field Guide to Birds - pg 405 - Franklin TN - July 2011
even the birds were extra beautiful. . .
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Spent a day touring Nashville. . .what can I say. . .it’s a big city, and the best way to see a big city is to take a tour. . .which we didn’t do. . .so I’m sure we missed lots.  We’ll come back some day when it’s a lot cooler. . .and spend more time exploring.
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and of course, I must have a shot of the Tennessee State Capitol Building for my State Capitol Album
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another shot for another album. . .this time my Bucket List Album. . .I would love to visit every National Park. . .all 247, or however many there are!

So what do you do at Mammoth Cave National park?
You hike. . .

and then you rest. ..
One little boy about four years old asked us why we both had sticks. . .I told him it was because we were old!

You enjoy the view. . .

hike some more. . .

Three and a half miles. . .uphill both ways.
Just glad I didn’t KNOW about the rattlesnakes ‘til we got back!

and of course. . .you MUST tour Mammoth Cave. 
There are all sorts of tours to choose from. . .but we chose a photography tour of Frozen Niagara. . .

It was really great. . .

unless. . .

You’re a little claustrophobic. . .
So that’s about it. . .all the excitement we experienced for the past month. . .
and, if you’re not bored to tears. . .
you can see the rest of the pics. . .here

On the Road of Retirement - A Day in Nashville



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