Crowne Plaza Hotel Louisville-Arpt Ky Expo Ctr .

... to remember I still need to be able to fit on the plane to go home!!!<br><br>We stopped in at Bardstown along the highway to look at the civil war museum and the historic original Bardstown. They'd moved some old bulidings from around the area to the one spot and it was a bit like the Telegraph Station in Alice Springs where you could walk around looking into them and seeing how people used to live.

Couldn't sleep so off we went at 3:45AM- heading South. Set our New talking Garmin GPS system for Taylorsville State Park near Taylorsville, KY. The GPS chatters away telling you how far, where to turn and if you make a mistake her favorite word is "recalculating". I say 'she' because the Garmin uses a soothing female voice. I suppose Garmin does that so when their information is incorrect it helps keep one calm.<br><br>We nicknamed the GPS ...

... Not sure how I'm going to fill the rest of my time. I guess I'll find something to do.<br><br>Fly out of the Azores on Thursday night (9/17), have an overnight in Lisbon, and get home Friday night.<br><br>I hope to post some updates and pics every night. Should be posted no later than 7 pm EST every night unless I'm out to the wee hours of the am.

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."<br><br>Right.<br><br>

... s. He built an actual hotel in 1835 that was visited and praised by Charles Dickens, Jefferson Davis and 3 presidents. According to my informational magazine in the hotel (the one I'm reading in the photo...) army guys Sherman and Grant plotted a battle together in the hotel. That hotel burned to the ground and was replaced in 1869, only to be torn down in 1921. Al J ...

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 ...

... Indiana and Illinois. We had a great day of driving with no major delays anywhere along our route. We managed to get in 13 hours of driving which put us in Clarksville, IN just across the Ohio River from Louisville. There are no photos with this entry because there really was no place to easily stop and take pictures particularly with the rain. I hope, however, that the description is enough to have you create your own pictures in your mind.<br>

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

... tourist activity in my time there was to take a solo spin through Rizal Park, an honor to the national hero, Jose Rizal. After Manila, I flew to Hong Kong. This proved to be the shortest (48 hours), and yet most memorable visit of my tour. While I was unable to find cheap backpacker lodging (I think this had something to do with my stint at the Manila Pen), most of my activities there were cheap. I spent a lot of time walking through the city's ...

... retrospect, it was probably a very normal beard and he wasn't all that huge, but you know how kids are. The second time I saw him, he was only barely recognizable as the same men. He had shaved the beard and apparently taken on, in looks and personality, the personage of Cooter the wacky mechanic from The Dukes of Hazzard, with a dash of Burt Reynolds as the Bandit (in personality only this time) thrown in for good measure. Whatever the case, it resulted in one hell of a strange ...