This year, we decided to take a trip up to Kentucky to see Mammoth Cave. We have never been there before. The caves are only a few hours away. We started off spending the day in Nashville seeing the capitol building and downtown area.
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| Downtown Nashville at the County Courthouse looking towards the state capitol buuilding |
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| County Courthouse |
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| State Capitol building |
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| Found some shade under a magnolia tree |
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| At a WWI memorial, found a Jesse Pollard in the list of those who died |
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| At the Tennessee State Museum where we spent some time cooling off. Gracie getting punished for her crimes |
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| Walking across the Cumberland River on the pedestrian bridge |
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| Cool building in downtown Nashville |
The next morning, we went to a nice church outside of Nashville, then headed up to Bowling Green, KY. Our first stop was at Chaney's Dairy Farm for lunch and ice cream!
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| Isaac swinging on the playground |
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| Lots of corn growing at the farm |
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| What a beautiful place. We sat out here on the back porch and watched a storm come in |
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| Logan found some pretty flowers |
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| Isaac enjoyed the ice cream |
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| Hanging out on the back porch |
We then headed over to the Aviation Heritage Park a few miles away. There were four really cool places on display.
Next stop was the National Corvette Museum. Before planning this trip, we didn't even know the Corvettes were manufactured in Kentucky. This museum was very nice.
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| I could see David driving one of these |
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| Isaac playing mechanic in the kids play area |
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| Some of the Corvettes that fell into the sinkhole |
The next day, we went canoeing down the Green River inside Mammoth Cave National Park. We all made it without tipping our canoe, which I was worried would happen. I was afraid to get my camera out while actually canoeing, so the only pictures are from when we stopped.
Finally, the last day we took the historic tour through Mammoth Cave. There is a lot of history to this cave.
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| Sign says there are currently 405 miles of caves that have been explored |
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| Waiting to take our tour |
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| Walking down to the cave entrance |
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| The opening of the cave |
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| Mind your head |
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| Exiting the cave |
After the tour, we stopped at the gift shop then headed home. One last stop before leaving Kentucky to get some lunch. Right next to the restaurant was a huge field of corn. We saw lots of corn.
