May 13 … Sun – Happy Mother’s Day to all you Mothers! We are hitting the road today – however only going about 80 miles to Scottsburg, In. The park is around 30 miles from Louisville.
May 12 … Sat – A very nice weather day so we started out around 9:30a.m. and made a few stops at stores where we needed a few things. After that, we drove to Abraham Lincolns’ birth place just south of Hodgenville, Ky where he lived in a log cabin until the age of two. His family then moved to Knob Creek, Ky which was only about ten miles away. At the age of seven, his family moved to Indiana. We then drove into Hodgenville and visited the Lincoln Museum. It was very interesting and had several wax figures displayed depicting others during the time of his life.
We drove through Bardstown which is where “My Old Kentucky Home” is located. (home that inspired the Stephen Foster song) Next stop was the Jim Beam Distillery. We watched a film about the history of the family that has been making bourbon for more than 210 years. We received a sample “bourbon ball” when we entered the visitor center. Later, when we did the walking tour of the property and home, we were offered samples of the world famous Jim Beam bourbon.
May 11 … Fri – Rain in the a.m. so Dixie did some laundry. In the afternoon we went grocery shopping. It was a pretty uneventful day to say the least.
May 10 … Thurs – We got on the road early and drove about 45 miles to the Churchill Downs Race Park in Louisville, the place where the 133 Kentucky Derby was held last weekend. We did the walking tour around the complex that was led by a knowledgeable and humorous tour guide. The guide took us to the paddock, track, grandstands and the winners circle. We also saw the ‘resident thoroughbred’ and his companion, a miniature horse. She explained much of the history of the track which is the oldest continuously operated race track in the nation. The museum also features an award-winning, High Definition Kentucky Derby film entitled "The Greatest Race". Displayed on a 360-degree screen, "The Greatest Race" places the viewer in the center of Derby Day action.
We then drove to downtown Louisville and visited the Louisville Slugger Museum. It consisted of another walking tour; this one was of the working factory where the baseball bats are manufactured. Many Major League ball players are under contract to have their bats made specifically for them with their autograph on the bat. I got to hold the bats that Houston Astro players Jeff Bagwell (retired), Lance Berkman and Craig Biggio have made for them.
May 9 … Wed – We arrived at the Yarwood Mobile home park aka an rv park here in Radcliff, Ky. The rv part of this park is probably only about 5% of this park. Needless to say it’s not much of a park. The check-in person told Dixie very little about the sites so we spent half an hour looking for the electric/water/sewer connections. Believe me, they were hard to find. When we arrived there was one fifth wheel and one travel trailer in the rv part of the park.
After set up, we decided to visit the Patton Museum which was only a few miles away. It was quite an experience seeing many restored battle tanks going back to WWI. We also saw the ‘Gold Vault’ at Fort Knox….you can only see it from the road as they allow no visitors! From our understanding there is very little gold left in there.
