Jul 8th, 2009 at 5:00PM:
Lady bugs and lightening bugs are the favorable bugs of summer, particularly if you're in the Midwest region of the U.S. Both are bugs that I associate with childhood Julys in Kentucky. I particularly like this shot by Lili Living because of the contrast of texture and colors between the lady bug and the blades of grass.
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Jul 8th, 2009 at 5:00PM:
Lady bugs and lightening bugs are the favorable bugs of summer, particularly if you're in the Midwest region of the U.S. Both are bugs that I associate with childhood Julys in Kentucky. I particularly like this shot by Lili Living because of the contrast of texture and colors between the lady bug and the blades of grass.
If you have any shots to share that hint at a place that evokes a memory ...Michael Jackson died and a flood of travel memories
Jun 25th, 2009 at 7:10PM: Wow! Michael Jackson is dead. Jackson is one of those people who is wrapped up with my traveling life. As a child living in Columbia, South Carolina where wisteria vines draped off trees in our front yard, "ABC" played from my radio, the one I bought when we lived in State College, Pennsylvania.
Moving began early for me, and Michael Jackson when he was part of the Jackson Five was one of my ...Travel song for spring: Morning Has Broken
Apr 12th, 2009 at 11:00AM: Back in November and December we ran a series Songs of Travel where we featured our favorite travel songs. This morning with spring flowers blooming in a variety of places, even along I-70 where I saw dozens of daffodils in their yellow splendor just yesterday, and my mother is talking about the redbud trees blooming throughout the mountains of southeastern Kentucky, I'm reminded of Cat Steven's ...
Lincoln's boyhood home is well worth the trip
Feb 12th, 2009 at 10:00AM: Because Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial in Indiana near the Kentucky border is not on a main highway, it's not crowded. At least it wasn't crowded the sunny Sunday afternoon in August when we swung into the parking lot after winding our way along the shady road that led there from Indiana Highway 162.
I was surprised by the size of the park's visitor's center. It's scope is impressive--massive ...Other funny names of places: How about Intercourse?
Jan 24th, 2009 at 10:00AM: It's great to have belly laughs. The article in the New York Times that Jeremy wrote about yesterday had me chortling out loud and reminded me about why Monty Python is so darned funny.
I thought Intercourse, Pennsylvania was bad, but the list of funny names in England was impressive. For some reason, Titty Ho caught me the most.
As I was reading the NY Times article, I kept thinking of Life of ...Big Bone Lick State Park
Nov 3rd, 2008 at 3:00PM: Who names these parks? There's me, road tripping through Indiana, minding my own business, when bam! I'm at some park called Big Bone Lick. Technically located in Kentucky, Big Bone Lick calls itself "the birthplace of American paleontology." I didn't know American paleontology was into that! Apparently, they found pleistocene megafauna fossils there. Yeah, I don't know what that means either, but ...Photo of the Day (10-15-08)
Oct 15th, 2008 at 3:00PM:
There's a novel by American author James Still titled River of Earth. This photo by miggiddymatt reminds me of Still's writing.
Still, who died a few years ago when he was well into his 90s, was an adventurer and traveler who settled in the mountains near Hindman, Kentucky, a tiny town in the southeastern part of the state. He wrote about the Appalachians with an ear that perfectly captured ...Super secret 11 spices KFC recipe is being relocated
Sep 9th, 2008 at 5:00PM: In what can only described as part PR stunt, and part high value transport, the top secret recipe for KFC's original recipe is being temporarily relocated. The yellowed sheet of paper involved lists the 11 spices used in Colonel Sanders recipe, and is the same one still used today to create their signature fried chicken. The relocation was necessary because Yum Brands, the parent of KFC is ...Abe Lincoln and Civil War history buffs, head here
Jun 18th, 2008 at 12:00PM: One aspect I love about going someplace I haven't been before is coming upon a treasure I wasn't expecting. This was the case when I headed to Harrogate, Tennessee to the Mountain Heritage Literary Festival. My purpose was to hang out with writers who have an Appalachian bent.
What I didn't expect was the Abraham Lincoln Museum and Library. My word! In the gorgeous bowl created by the mountains, ...One way to stand traffic hell
Jun 16th, 2008 at 10:30AM: "I am in traffic hell," I said to my friend over my cell phone Friday right before the I-64 split off I-75 a few miles before Lexington, Kentucky,
I didn't expect this traffic. It was 3:45. What was everyone doing off work already?
The miles of orange barrels cutting off the left lane, merging traffic from the right, another highway merging in from the left, plus every tractor trailer truck ...Brain feeling blah? Exercise it.
Jan 8th, 2008 at 11:00AM: On New Year's Eve I spent an hour or so engaged in the board game Battle of the Sexes with friends. I think that was the name of it. We were on vacation at their house in Ottawa, Ohio. A few hours before the game, the female half of this couple took me on a drive through town to show me where the water line was when the town flooded this summer. Their basement family room was royally trashed by ...Fall Leaf Peeping by Rail
Sep 13th, 2007 at 10:00PM: The leaves haven't started to change in Columbus, Ohio-- yet, but they will--soon. This morning the air was crisp and cool. Yep, leaf changing conditions are here, and I expect edges of red will appear in a couple of weeks until eventually there will be bursts of color everywhere. If you are interested in optimum leaf peeping, plan a bit a head. Instead of taking a driving trip for fall splendor ...Kentucky Bourbon Festival + Maker's Mark Visitor Center = Good Times
Sep 13th, 2007 at 4:08PM: The Maker's Mark distillery, in Loretto, Kentucky, usually sees about 70,000 visitors a year, but it's hoping to triple that number with its new $2.5 million visitor's center. The distillery is a National Historic Landmark, and the company was careful to preserve its appearance with the center; the tasting lounge and gift shop are located in a century-old rack house that holds about 1,000 barrels ...Traveling Coincidences: Who Else Have You Seen?
Aug 26th, 2007 at 11:23AM: Brett's post on famous people you've come across in your travels reminded me of other traveling coincidences. It's neat to see famous people for sure, but what about the people who aren't so famous? What about the people from other parts of your life who show up in places where you least expect to see them? This is another aspect about travel that facinates me. Does the universe just put us at the ...The Simpsons Movie: Springfield Challenge
Jul 2nd, 2007 at 2:58PM: Since the exact location was never explicitly revealed in any episode of The Simpsons, fourteen Springfields across America are currently battling it out to decide which town should be the true home of Homer and family. Each of the fourteen Springfields in the running -- Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, Ohio, Oregon, ...Kentucky Plane Crash
Aug 28th, 2006 at 11:36AM: I wasn't going to blog about this at first, but then I thought travel isn't always happy-go-lucky. Sometimes you get a flat, stuck in a ditch, held hostage, placed in the center of two hostile warring countries or your flight plunges from the atmosphere like a torpedo to your untimely death. Sure these aren't the scenarios any of us want to think about before launching into the big bold world, but ...Dining in Newport, Kentucky - Hofbräuhaus
Jun 1st, 2006 at 10:19PM: Once word gets out that I blog for a travel website people expect me to know all of thousand of the Philippines islands by name, the capital city of Nauru (there isn't one) or the ingredients of that strange gelatin found in a lot of European fare. Well let it be known it's a pretty big world out there and a lot of information for one person to store, but I do my best to grab the bull by the ...
