Best Western Green Tree Inn Clarksville

Hi All - getting ready for my big trip tomorrow (which is totally going to suck). Anyway, here's a brief overview of my itinerary.

Saturday afternoon - leave Louisville, long layover in Philly - arrive in Lisbon at 9 am local time. Lisbon is 5 hours ahead of Louisville.

Sunday - try and stay awake before I can check into my hotel by ...

A short walk from the hotel lead us to the Louisville Convention Center and my first Kentucky Starbucks. I made it a mocha since it doubled as my breakfast. I asked the barista if they carried city mugs and he replied with a slight southern tang, "Nope. Small market."

Right.

Well, Louisville was supposed to be a brief stop over to prevent us from driving 10 consecutive hours, but let's be honest: Louisville is an awesome town. We got a super deal on Priceline and stayed at the four star Galt House Hotel and Suites in the downtown district. This is the fourth installment of the Galt House; the original was the residence of Dr. Galt in the early ...

With two 8 hour days of work remaining before our trip I find it increasingly hard to focus and stay on task...there are still a couple of loose ends to tie up before leaving and I find myself obsessing about them while working. I've made most of my miscellaneous purchases. But I still have to put together our travel binder and figure out how to combine my clothes and personal items into one small carry-on piece of ...

... astounding minutes that people wait days, months, and even a whole year to see. It is kind of a big deal here in Kentucky. And all of this explosive magic takes place on the 2nd street bridge that links Louisville to Clarksville, IN.

The day of thunder isn't all just a bunch of sitting and waiting for the 'works to start. If you are on the Kentucky side, you can go to a bunch of booths to get free shwag. There are TONS of food stalls set up with all kinds of cookin'. There is a ...

Babs and I got started around 7:30 ET. I had planned a route through West Virginia because I have never been to West Virginia. The drive out of OBX took us back the same route we came in on until we got to Virginia. We crossed the Chesapeake Bay by a different bridge/tunnel. This one had only two lanes going in the same direction so there was more room for the Denali. Virginia is a pretty state but WV was spectacular!

I had planned a stop at ...

Oh the wonders of nature and nature-stream restoration projects I volunteer on. Bernheim offers an abundance of programs for schools and families that educate and allow you to help conserve some nature!

Also, this park has many, many hiking trails. Yay hiking! We all know how much I love that. :)

... a week. But if you go after 8PM be prepared to wait at least 10 minutes to get a table. It's totally worth it between the food, hookah, and atmosphere.

Wicks Pizza: Louisville's best pizza place. L-ville has a lot of pizzaria's. But wicks is the best. Nice big portions, with amazing ingredients. Plus, reasonably priced! I highly suggest it.

... became tiresome after all the gift shops we have seen along the way. We regret not buying some of the Navaho crafts in the southwest early in the trip. They were high quality, but we were concerned about avoiding over-shopping early in the trip. Wish we could afford one of the Navaho rugs, the finest craft we found along the trip.

Our last stop in SD was at the Corn Palace in Mitchell. This ...

Rosie and Dianne's trip started with some aggravating RV troubles:
"Overall it's been a good time, but we have encountered numerous problems: supplemental braking system failed first day and we had a new one shipped overnight. Then we had a rear view camera system installed at the first Camping World in Indiana, which works fine but took ...