Sep. 4, 2009
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Missiouri, er, uh, Kentucky!
For those who live in Missouri, I apologize that we did not take the time to get to know anything about your great state. We just drove straight through it, only stopping for gas. We were very anxious to get to Kentucky, and as I said in my Kansas post, were just about out of money. So no touristy activities for us!
I would put up the Welcome to Kentucky sign, but we did not get a picture of it. It was dark, raining, and we were all feeling a little befuddled at that point. We had not actually intended to drive all that way, and had looked for a comping spot in Missouri, but the only one we found was totally unsatisfactory. Thinking that RV parks were a dime a dozen like back in the western U.S. we moved on. We were WRONG! Apparently the eastern half of the U.S. isn't as keen on RV parks as the western half where you can find at least one in nearly every town.
So we spent the night in Paducah, KY. A nice place but it's rather hard to feel friendly toward an area when you spent several hours of the night wondering why your power just up and quit. I told Dear Man to just forget it and get in bed, he could research it in the morning when he had better light. He finally did so, but he was unhappy, and restless.
Next we went to visit my friend Nancy Carter. She is everything I thought she would be; kind, fun, gracious, and cute as a bugs ear.
Nancy lives on very cool farm and it had lots of photo opportunities that the girls took advantage of.
After our short visit, we moved on to our new home area. Again, RV parks are quite scarce and the closest one we could stay at, was nearly an hour away from where we wanted to be.
To keep from getting too lumpy, or rather more lumpy, after a long day in the motorhome sitting around, Dear Man and I went for walks.
Kentucky is just so beautiful! We really enjoy the scenery. It hasn't been too terribly humid this year, and everyone tells us this is not normal for Kentucky! We're glad though, as I'm sure even the locals are.
Now one thing you have to try, if you ever find yourself in this grand old state, is a beverage called Ale 8 One (A Late One). A friend of ours gave us a six pack as a welcome gift.
At first we weren't too crazy about it, but after a grueling hike it was the cheapest beverage to be had, even cheaper than water, and boy did it taste good! Now we're all die hard Ale 8 drinkers.
What crazy hike did we go on that near to killed me? Natural Bridge State Park! It was a humid day, for us anyhow, and I puffed my way up and up to a truly awesome landmark. On our way up, and down, we had to pass through this narrow pass.
Just like anywhere else in this great world, some people are rude and when we were half way through the pass we had to turn around and go back because some teens were coming back down. They just stood there staring at my over heated self and waited for me to go back instead of going back themselves, and instead of making way for the obviously sickly and "elderly". To be gracious though I should not say anything bad about them, but Bless their Hearts.
After our hiking back up, and then back down, we then fell in love with Ale 8s. While purchasing them, the rather grumpy man who had nothing kind to say about the State Park system told us to go eat at a place called Bruen's. We decided to take his suggestion. After all, it didn't sound like he offered his praises to just anything.
During a long and vexing attempt trying to locate Bruen's, Bluejane decided that it was some sort of Kentucky hoax and that people here would send you off on a search to Bruen's but there is no such place. By the time you are ready to ask for directions the person you ask will laugh and say, "You've been Bruened!" Then they would hand us a t-shirt with the same proclamation.
I did finally get out and ask for directions and they lady said, "It's r-eye-t be-hind-us." Sure enough it was.
As the little man at the Park had said, the food was good! It was also very well priced, it cost us less to eat there than it would have cost us to eat at McDonald's! Definitely go to Bruen's if you are ever near Stanton, KY.
I have tons of stories to share about our life here so far, I can't wait to post them. So far, we like it here very much!
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Sep. 6, 2009
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So happy that you're loving Kentucky!
