Leaving Kentucky

Yep, our visit to Kentucky was that quick. Actually a week long, but other than a work week we had only two days in the state that we did any sight seeing. We originally planned to stay two weeks, but instead decided to move at a faster route to cram in a few other adventures later in our year.

Before leaving the state, and after our work week in Elizabethtown, Kerri and I spent one afternoon dropping in to a few of the Louisville distilleries to get a flavor of the local bourbon – Kerri’s favorite (not mine). I kept it sober to do the driving so Kerri could sample as much as she wanted.

The following morning, on our final day in town, we drove an hour south to Mammoth Cave National Park. This is another park that I have looked forward to visiting for many years. But, the romantic view of exploring this huge cave network all on my own has sense been crushed with reality. The idea of being in one of the ranger-led tours of a hundred tourists, their whining and snot-drooling children, moving at the pace of the slowest elderly person in line… well that is just not my sort of thing. Does this look fun?

We have been in our fair share of caves already, so instead Kerri and I decided to sample some of the trail up top, which was nearly vacant of tourists and was quite pretty. The dogs even got to come on our hike to the River Styx as the park is very dog friendly as well. It felt good to get up and move around after the hour long drive to get to the park. I wish I had known how nice the woods are in the park as there is some great back country camping that could have been had. Next time…

We returned back to camp, packed and hitched up, and left well before sunset (and a day early) to get some of the miles done so our next day’s drive would not be as long. We drove into Indiana, past Indianapolis, and to a Cracker Barrel for a meal and an overnight stay before moving on and into Michigan the following morning.

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