Friday, July 12, 2013

JULY 11: LOUISVILLE to MIDDLESBORO KY

Miles: 330

In the morning we went to the Louisville Slugger Museum and Factory Tour. The kids are not in to baseball yet so the history of the players was lost on them but we all enjoyed seeing how the bats are made. I am no longer a big baseball fan myself but it was cool to see all the old names I knew. Afterward we stopped at Homemade Ice Cream and Pie Kitchen again to get something to go and then hit the road.

We drove to Mammoth Cave National Park and took the Historic Cave Tour. This was the kid's first time in a cave and they seemed to enjoy the experience. Cole also found the elusive Rhode Island license plate that finally let us complete the 50 states license plate game we have been playing since the very beginning.

Behind schedule, we got back on the road. Along the way stopped at White Castle, a place we had never eaten before. Later we stopped in Corbin, Kentucky to see the location of the first KFC. We jumped on the Cumberland Gap Parkway and drove to our final destination of the night in Middlesboro, Kentucky.

Once again we did not experience any rain but it seemed like everywhere we went it had just rained. Our luck has been bizarre on this trip and we are glad for it.

The reality that our trip is almost complete has made us all a little sad this evening. As difficult as traveling for this long can be, it has been very rewarding. We have even considered bypassing home to spend tomorrow night at the beach just so we can say we went coast to coast but it does not look like the weather forecast will support it. Tomorrow we will be homeward bound.
 

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