And so it begins...
26 июля, Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☁️ 86 °F
On Saturday morning, we piled in the van and began the 8 hour trek to Dry Ridge, Kentucky. Brian and Zach managed to engineer a cargo roof rack on top of our van. We bought it used but we didn'tЧитать далее
So many signs...so few bison
27 июля, Соединенные Штаты ⋅ 🌩️ 88 °F
On our 3 mile hike, we took the detour to try to find some of the bison herd. It's really hot and humid here today. We walked around the gravel trail desperately in search of those magnificentЧитать далее
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Zach said, flying bison 🦬 🦅? (He used to be quite a literalist).
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Hope there's a sign on the other side telling Bison to stay away from the people! Also, a heavier fence and/or barb wire might be nice here! Lol.
Big Bone Lick State Park
27 июля, Соединенные Штаты ⋅ 🌩️ 88 °F
After a restful night's sleep and a relaxed breakfast, we headed to Big Bone Lick State Park. This beautiful area is known for a few things:
1. It's the place where animals would come to lick theЧитать далее
Rabbit Hash Kentucky
27 июля, Соединенные Штаты ⋅ 🌩️ 90 °F
Rabbit Hash Kentucky is a small town about 20 minutes from Big Bone Lick State Park. We decided to visit because
1. The General Store dates back to 1831.
2. The General Store has live music, candies,Читать далее
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Nice pic of the general store, and a late-model, mid-engine Chevy Corvette. (Mid-Engine Key: look for the rearward air-scoops, cooling rearward radiators, on the post-2021 or 2022 models). Almost IMSA racing sports cars for the street!
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An Austin-Healey "bug-eye" Sprite, mfr'd in Britain and in-use. Cool, cute, rare anymore.
Skyline chili
27 июля, Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☁️ 79 °F
There is a Skyline Chili restaurant just a mile away from our Vrbo house. People either love or hate Cincinnati style chili, and our family LOVES it.
It is such a treat when we are in this area.
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5 ways are: chili, spaghetti, chili/kidney beans, onions, and cheese.
Who Dey!!!
28 июля, Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☁️ 79 °F
On Monday morning, we got the chance to attend a Bengals training camp practice. We hadn't planned this, but when we drove through Cincinnati on Saturday, we got the idea to check into it.
It turnsЧитать далее
Riverview Park
28 июля, Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☁️ 81 °F
After the downpour stopped, we walked to Riverview Park. It was overcast, so we had the place to ourselves. There were lots of interactive things to do. Our favorite was the flying pig.
ПутешественникThat pig would be fun with a bunch of wild 10 yr olds climbing it!!
Izzy's and Frisch's Big Boy
28 июля, Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☁️ 81 °F
I may have mentioned that we had a list of Cincinnati restaurants we wanted to hit for old time's sake. We visited 2 of them today. Lunch was at Izzy's delicatessen. We love those Reubens and potatoЧитать далее
Newport Aquarium part 2
28 июля, Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 81 °F
Here are more cool aquarium pics.
Newport aquarium
28 июля, Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☁️ 82 °F
We drove across the Ohio River to the Newport Aquarium. We had not been since the kids were quite young.
It's one of our favorite aquariums.
We all have a new favorite sea creature: the Shark- Ray.Читать далее
Screaming Eagle Zipline
29 июля, Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 84 °F
On Tuesday morning, we headed to Williamstown, Kentucky, to go to the Ark Encounter. We had made reservations for the Screaming Eagle Zipline at 10;30, so that was our first stop.
After a briefЧитать далее
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There's a couple of tough, obscure puns in Italian-alias Bruno's Strava GPS performance tracking title. 1 moto, 1 Biblical. Taking guess' now.
ПутешественникHmmm..after the flood, Shem traveled in a triangle like your red line, and Japheth went off tangentially to the left....but his descendants did go far and wide.....
ПутешественникIt was fun. Screaming Eagle is the factory hot-rod engines and parts div. of HD motorcycles. You got Japheth's line, European descendants rather than a 'cable' line :-).
Noah's Ark
29 июля, Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 90 °F
The Answers in Genesis ministry has spent over a decade constructing a life-size model of Noah's Ark. They used the account in Genesis and researched the technology that existed in that day to be asЧитать далее
Ararat Zoo
29 июля, Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 90 °F
Outside of the ark is the Ararat Zoo.. They have an interesting and odd collection of animals at this zoo. We were under a heat advisory, so we possibly did not enjoy the zoo as much as we would haveЧитать далее
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I love the way his teeth are sticking out! It's how I felt today after 6 hours at the Litton Farm Wagon.
Carousel and Emzara's Buffet
29 июля, Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 82 °F
Our plan for the day was that we would eat breakfast at our house, then have trailmix as a quick snack after ziplining and not eat a real meal until 5pm. We followed this plan and worked up quite anЧитать далее
Trail Ride
30 июля, Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 86 °F
We checked out of our rental house, packed up all our belongings, and headed to the Kentucky Horse Park.
It was a beautiful day, and Hannah and I decided to take a trail ride around the Park.
HannahЧитать далее
Kentucky Horse Park
30 июля, Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 86 °F
We are still under a heat advisory, so we split our day between looking at actual horses outside and touring the International Horse Museum in the air conditioning.
We watched the Champion showcaseЧитать далее
Canopy 7 Treehouse
30 июля, Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 86 °F
After leaving the Kentucky Horse Park, we headed to our next rental home. It's in the "town" of Rogers, KY and is beautifully in the heart of the Daniel Boone National Forest and the Red River Gorge.Читать далее
Gorge Underground Kayak Tour
31 июля, Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☁️ 77 °F
Bright and early Thursday morning, we drove to The Gorge Underground Kayak adventures. We took a tour in which we paddled kayaks through an underground lake.
The cave is an old mine that sat abandonedЧитать далее
Kentucky Reptile Zoo
31 июля, Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☁️ 86 °F
After eating at a local restaurant, we stopped at a small reptile zoo. This one had quite a few venomous snakes, but the zoo works with several research facilities. They donate the venom for researchЧитать далее
Natural Bridge State Park
31 июля, Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☁️ 82 °F
After kayaking, we headed for Natural Bridge State Park, which was only about a 6 minute drive.
The hike up to the bridge was quite strenuous. So. Many. Steps.
Also, the final steps leading up to thisЧитать далее
Gray's arch
1 августа, Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☁️ 77 °F
Our big hike eventually brought us to Gray's Arch. This is another beautiful natural arch in this part of Kentucky. I think this is my favorite of all the hikes we have done on this trip. The coolЧитать далее
Kentucky's Tropical Forest
1 августа, Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☁️ 75 °F
We began our Friday with a drive into the Red River Gorge. We took a 4 mile hike through beautiful woods and fascinating sandstone formations. It was a beautiful morning. The temperature was hoveringЧитать далее
Pilot Knob Hike
2 августа, Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☁️ 79 °F
Friday evening, we did laundry, built a campfire (sort of), and soaked in the hot tub. We love the hot tub after a day of hiking. Our muscles are feeling great.
Saturday morning, Brian and I re-packedЧитать далее
ПутешественникFYI - I've added about a 1/3 more pics since Jomar 1st uploaded the footprint. This is pretty typical, so take a later look back, again. Good ex., Hannah and Zach uploaded copperhead snake pics at the end of Gray's Arch (or around that 1). They were brave, I was not (was freaking out)!
Lime Kiln Hike
3 августа, Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 72 °F
Saturday night, we landed at Green Bay Airport and then drove down to Appleton. On Sunday morning, we drove to High Cliffs State Park to walk along Lake Winnebago. The Canadian wildfires are stillЧитать далее
Road America
3 августа, Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 75 °F
After a brief hike in Appleton, we drove down to Elkhart Lake to watch the IMSA car races.
The Road America track is very beautiful, but also very long.
We thought we walked around all of it, but weЧитать далее
Путешественник🤔... 😀. Actually, Jomar took the first 3, inc. vid. She got the dudes wearing used race tires shot - a classic.
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Big, rear-biased air intake ducts on the sides would be your clue for "is it a mid-engine 'vette?"
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Thule racks of Sweden 🇸🇪 wants $127 for 4 of these, hardware mounting kit - and couldn't get them to me in time. I spent some time and $26 at Tractor and Fleet, and over-engineered my own (& Zach labor too).
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We were so hungry, waiting until Columbus, OH to eat, we forgot to photo these Wisconsin's hearty meals! I bought a WI Swiss Melt burger for the road (only 1/2 made it to the road, in this Culver's bag). Recommended WI cuisine, and Columbus, OH being as far East as they come, ... so far. WI,... yes, we got ice cream at the end, of course.
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I got Zach and I started very early Sat, to load the roof cargo carrier and luggage. That, in part because I was torn on the AM of the day. The Ritchie Boys family reunion was at Fort Ritchie, Cascade, MD today. German-Jewish immigrants pre-WW2 that our military used for intelligence, culture learning/language skills and non-violent interrogation of German soldier/POW's. 60 min special on them, info only revealed 55-60 yrs. later!