Just Lost...

Wednesday, August 3

Today began an interesting day, exciting, and intensely boring all at the same time. We went out right after breakfast to explore Louisville and the surrounding areas where some of the farms we had come to look at would be.

Locksley and I weren't keen on this part of the trip, mainly because this isn't what we had for an idea of visiting a place. But we buckled into our seats, and headed out with the rest of the crew, hoping something exciting would happen. Well, It didn't. We drove, and drove, and drove. The only thing that was even intensely exciting was driving through Louisville itself. Here are a few pictures of what we saw:

A river boat (over the Ohio River)

I see the City!

I have absolutely no clue how this came out.

A water fountain... in the middle of the sidewalk.

The front of the Louisville Science Museum.

A chandelier.. and if you look close, a red penguin.

Muhammad Ali Blvd.

Oh no! My camera died!

Oh never mind... I turned it off. :) Here is Locksley ready for lunch.

After the ride through Louisville, we drove out into the countryside. Here is what we saw when we left the outskirts of the city :

Horse farms...

Another farm...

Tut tut, it looks like rain.

A field with hay bales... round ones.

I found a tree! do I win?

High Bridge, the tallest bridge over a navigable waterway in the US, and the tallest onto the early 20th century.

The sign about High Bridge.

Oh My! Look at the heat!

Oh my! Look at that sunset!

So we got nice and lost around Harrodsburg, all the fault of GPS Jill in the front seat, and took the really long way back around. I was not in love with nothing to see, but at the same time, it was quite beautiful to see so much open land, and farms around, and the lack of trees make the sunset actually viewable. For the most part though, even the getting lost was not as interesting as it could have been, but at least we were in air-conditioned quarters.

After we figured out where we were, we headed back to the hotel, and had a quick dinner, and hung out watching America's Got Talent, and Chasing Mummies with Zahi Hawass (one of my favorite shows). Locksley disappeared somewhere around that time, and I later found him on the floor near the fridge when I got up to serve some ice cream and brownie bites. I don't even want to know what he was doing, and I am still afraid to ask...

So it didn't end too badly, but a piece of advice to those who may follow in our tracks... don't ever, ever, trust GPS Jill to find you a path, because she will bring you an hour out of your way, to watch the farms, and the sunsets... :)

Until Tomorrow we are,

The Jonas Brothers... :)

Ok, so this didn't happen while we were in Kentucky, But I thought it was pretty amazing, and deserved a spot to interrupt the Kentucky posts.

Locksley and I went to a benefit ball game, raising awareness for texting and driving deaths. We got free tickets last minute at the beginning of the week, and decided to travel up to go see it. It was about that time we found out that the Jonas Brothers (yes, the famous ones... :) ) were going to be playing at the game. OMG! I am not as big a fan as some people are, but hey, they're famous, and why not go see them if you can? So we did, and had a blast. We didn't stay for the whole game because it was absolutely boiling out, but we did stay long enough to find out three things;

1) that the game was almost certainly rigged in favor of the Jonas brothers,

2), that screaming girls are not as ridiculously funny to be around as they are to watch on TV (and it really hurts your ears)

And 3), that The Jonas Brothers look really short (at least from where I was sitting) and aren't half bad to look at (yes, I mean that they are cute).

We left after maybe an hour and a half or so, but we throuroughly enjoyed the time we spent. And here are the pictures we got... well ok, that our Mama got for us because she was closer and had a high-zoom lens.

Nick Jonas batting

Nick Jonas watching

Kevin and Nick watching

Joe Jonas catching

And Frankie Jonas, being bat boy.


Nice huh?

Until next time, we are yours,

To the Zoo, To the Zoo!

Tuesday, August 2

Wow! Two zoos in as many months. Boy do I feel special! Locksley of course wasn't as interested, but no one was really asking him anyway. The family decided that first thing was first, let's have a little fun after being in the car all day for the last two days. So off to the zoo we went, and let me tell you, it kicked some seroius butt. They had a lot of animals that FPZ didn't have when we went a month ago, and a lot more degrees tacked on to the heat too.

When we arrived, the heat was about 100 degrees even, and with 75% hunidity, at least so said the news. We paid admission, got a membership (because it is cheaper to buy the membership than come as guests with our family group...) and started our walk througt the zoo. We saw some animals before stopping at lunch, which I forgot to take a picture of because I was far more interested in the imported african goods in the small gift shop next to our table, and Locksley was far too interested in eating to be bothered helping me remember to take it.

After lunch we saw some more animals... well, what else is there to see? Here are a few pictures of the animals we saw, minus the ones we saw at FPZ (I thought it better not to repeat).

Fish!

More fish (ugly fish)

Turtle swimming too fast for my camera...

And introducing...

King Louie! (Now I can say I've met a King!)

Tarantula cage. Locksley was enjoying himself here.

Locksley had a stare down with this scaly green snake.

Canadian Geese?

NO smoking... or a statement that they don't have puffins that smoke? :)

Baby giraffe that was born a few days after MY birthday.

A large bird with a scary looking beak.

Rhino Butt. I have found that they are not the most social of creatures.

After that, the heat became a little too much for the younger (and a couple of the older) people in our party, and we decided to pack it up and go back to the hotel, but not before getting pennies squished near the gift shop door, and looking longingly into the air-conditioned, item-laden room of things no one ever needs, but have always wanted. I tried to take a picture of the sign outside the zoo, but had a bad time, and no legible pictue came out to show you. However, we are supposed to go back later in the week, if all goes well, and the humidity isn't killer. Maybe they have some good pastries at the gift shop (they advertised snacks...) or at the snack shack (which I assume is for humans, and not the zoo animals)...

We'll let you know!

Until then, Peace from,

From Pennsylvania to the Fields of Oh-i-i-o!

August 2

And now for the exciting continuation of... Driving to Kentucky!

When Locksley and I got up this morning, we tried to think of new ways to have fun in the car. We would hit Kentucky around 5 o'clock, and then drive another couple of hours down to Louisville. So what to do? We made a list of things to do, jotting them down on some hotel pad paper (I love it when they leave paper for me!) and made a pact to do some far more interesting things.

So we went down to breakfast, which I didn't get a picture of. It was alright though, because as it happens, that was the most disgusting plates of scrambled eggs and some sort of overly salty sausage that I had ever eaten. Locklsey wouldn't touch it, but I was forced to eat it all up, and it was only after, I noticed that there were some (still warm) apple turnovers and danishes, which were promptly wisked away by the servers becasue breakfast was over. So much for the start to a great day.

Before we left, I stopped at the little girls room, and while I was waiting, began to talk with a girl from New York. She was interested to know where I had come from, and why there was a raccoon (actually, technically she called him a skunk) hanging on a strap on my belt loop. I explained that Locksley and I were road tripping with the family, and how we take a million pictures no one really wants to see and put them up on a blog that no one really wants to read, and how some of my travel partners (no names here... but you know who you are) were less than pleased to be treavelling with a raccoon, let alone being seen with me carrying one. She said that she had a stuffed dog hat used to go everywhere with her and asked if that was along the same idea. Before I had a chance to answer that, a stall opened up, and it was my turn.

We left the hotel after that, and started down the road. To my dismay, I realised that I had left behind the list of interesting things to do. Uh -Oh. So here's what we did on our trip:

Drove for a couple of hours.

Saw a river.

Saw another river with houses on it.

Stopped at a rest stop.

Watched a movie.

Stopped for lunch.

Made it to Ohio.

Stopped at a rest stop.

Saw a lot of fields.

Watched the sequel to the first movie.

Stopped at a rest stop.

Took a long nap.

Stopped at a rest stop.

Drove through Cinncinati .

Made it to Kentucky!

Saw a couple of funny signs.





(I swear I thought this had said Amish Gardens)

Watched another movie.

Stopped at a rest stop.

Watched out the window.

And then, FINALLY, we made it to Louisville! Well, we didn't actually make it to the center of Louisville, but we made it into the actual city limits. We had a quick dinner, unpacked, and sat in bed, glad the road trip was over. Here's Locklsey, checking out what we got for channels. I guess that's my hint to leave off this and relax. I wonder if they have a good PBS station??

Until tomorrow dear readers, we are yours always,

Ready, Set, Go!

Sunday, August 1

Ready?

Locksley is...

Set?

Looks like it...

Go!

(See? We're moving!)

Yay! We made it! We're actually going! Locksley and I have to share a seat, because there are not quite enough, but hey? That's not the worst that can happen! He is small enough and light enough that he can sit on my lap with almost no trouble at all, and he sleeps most of the time anyway.

This trip is not exactly a thrilling one so far, but we get to add a few more states to our list of ones we've been to (Locksley now has 7 and I have ...a lot). Here's what we did so far...

Made it to Connecticut. They didn't have a 'welcome to' sign. Hmmm. Maybe they don't like visitors.

Stopped at a rest stop.

Watched 'Swiss Family Robinson'

Had a late breakfast/right-on-time lunch. (We had French toast, egg, bacon, and cranberry juice that was spilt all over my white shirt. Club soda works wonders...)

Made it to New York.

Stopped at a rest stop.

Watched another *really old* movie.

Drove over a scary bridge.

Watched it start to rain.

Stopped at a rest stop.

Made it to Pennsylvania

Watched it rain harder.

Stopped at a rest stop.

Watched another movie.

Watched it stop raining.

Watched the sunset.

Went to the hotel, ate a quick meal, and we are both getting ready for bed. That was the most exhausting trip ever, and it's only the first day! I wonder what tomorrow will hold?

Until then, we are yours,