We Might Have Misjudged the Weather Forecast

We had a great plan for today and started off by making room for our new collapsible ladder and 20 foot flagpole.

Gary had to climb in one of our storage bays to move a box out of the way. The white plastic sleeve is a fencepost you normally see around a yard. We will put our ladder inside it while we travel. The collapsible flag pole will fit inside a 4 inch diameter sewer pipe! Using the two devices will allow us to easily remove either item without taking everything out of our storage unit. We can also pack things on top of them and not have any problems!

Our tour for the day began with a short drive to the birthplace of Abraham Lincoln. The Lincoln family had about 200 acres and called their land the Sinking Springs Farm. It was a great advantage to have your own water source which made their land valuable.

The memorial building was built to honor President Lincoln as well as preserve the log cabin. It was found out later that the cabin was another from the area and not Lincoln's but it was typical of the structures of the day. The cabin was on the knoll where the memorial stands. Unfortunately the memorial is under reconstruction due to mold and will not be open to the public for another few months.

This is the spring which gave the farm its name. It is just below the knoll where the cabin once stood. It is said that this was the first water that Abe Lincoln drank!

The visitor center had a lot of great pictures and memorabilia. I took about 50 pictures today and needed to pick just a few to put on the blog. Every log cabin of the era looked similar. They had one door and one window to help keep the warmth in during the winter and the warmth out during the summer! They usually measured 16 by 18 feet and had a fireplace at one end.

In another building that was used as an Inn there was a collection of pictures, documents and newspaper articles. I liked this one that had a number of pictures of President Lincoln.

By time we left the Lincoln Historic Site we were in a wild electrical storm. There was lightning, thunder and buckets of RAIN. It was like being in a blizzard as we could barely see where we were going. Not fun when you are on unfamiliar roads.

Somehow we managed to find our way to Bardstown, KY and went to the "My Old Kentucky Home State Park." The rain let up enough for us to make it into the visitor center and then the storm let loose. It rained so hard the parking lot became a river/lake!
This is the home of a friend of Stephen Foster and it inspired his song, "My Old Kentucky Home!" You may recognize many of his songs such as "Ol Susanna" and "Camptown Races."
Bardstown is also supposed to be the capital of Bourban distilleries, though we did not try to go to any while we were there.

The next stop was to be Fort Knox but the storm was so bad cars were stopping along the side of the parkways with their emergency blinkers flashing, waiting for it to pass. Even semi-trucks were stopping to wait for the view to clear. We decided to just go back to camp and make sure all was okay with our dogs and our awning was in. It's really hard to do much walking around when the weather is so wacky and we could not have seen the gold bullion anyway! There is always another trip!

Thankfully we got back to camp before the brunt of the storm hit us. We were able to get the dogs out for a quick potty walk, put the awnings in and then go inside. The computer was unplugged and we waited while the storm passed by. I think there was more rain in one hour than we get in Dayton all year! The locals were glad to have the moisture so I guess we cannot complain. At least it cooled off a bit!

Tomorrow we plan on traveling back to Louisville for our visit to the Slugger Museum, Thomas Edison's house and the temple. As long as the weather allows us to drive we should be okay. Maybe we will even go swimming when we get back to camp - we'll see.