Red Carpet Inn Louisville

... to remember I still need to be able to fit on the plane to go home!!!

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.

We nicknamed the GPS ...

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.

... 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 ...

... as that's all i plan on taking aside from my laptop/electronic backpack...Chad in general is anxious and nervous...kind of endearing...he's never been out of the country (not even Mexico and Canada, which in my book don't count anyway)...watching his eyes open to the world...the varying languages, cultures, real European food and the history or art is what I think will be most entertaining this time around....though ...

... snakey kind of river. We could catch glimpses of houses built on the sides of the mountains surrounding Charleston and some of them looked very plantation like with the big pillars in front. Those house must have a spectacular view!

At Charleston we decided to change our route and headed through Kentucky rather than Ohio. I love driving through Kentucky. It is such a beautiful state and our other choice was Ohio which tends to be so much ...

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. :)

... and slow pace place. We rested for the whole afternoon at Cynthia's place, then later in the evening, we drove to Indiana and visited their casino - Caesar's palace. I don't know we can't get away with the casino every place we went. Anyway, we ate first at their buffet, then we decided to play only for an hour since it's getting late already. I played at 25 cents slot machine. I already lose my $10, so I decided to try at $1 machine ...

... confessed, the closer the night drew, the less it seemed like the grand idea it seemed when I felt J take my hand in hers. I mean, she held my hand, right? Surely that meant I was in like Flynn. Maybe we could just do the ol' "I'm spending the night at so-and-so's" house routine - which we were going to have to do anyway - and then just go over to our friend's house whose parents' didn't give a damn who was over and what they did. It was certainly a better plan than being dragged ...