Indiana to Fort Knox, KY

Saturday 9-21 we packed up from Sugar Creek and headed down the road, destination, Kentucky.  We got to Camp Carlson, the Fort Knox CG, about 4:00 Saturday evening, getting the last full hook site they had.  We get checked in find our site, right under a walnut tree, ugh.  Not much we can do, so we get set up, a quick meal on the grill and settle in for the night.  Actually it was a peaceful night and we woke up to a beautiful morning.

 



Yes that is the Gold Depository!

Sunday was a lazy day, Brad made breakfast on the grill, while I got some laundry done.  After that we checked out the base with a not so great of map, needless to say it wasn't an easy one to navigate around.  A little tour around the immediate area, only to find nothing then back home for sausages on the grill.  We did some internet surfing trying to planning our touring of the area, then off to bed with a plan of attack for tomorrow.

 

Monday 9-23 had a quick breakfast and were headed out the door about 10:00.  Oh no, what's this we notice, 3 sites where people have left, and they aren't under the walnut tree.  Off to the office and a change of plans.  Back to the RV, pack up and move sites, now I have learned, moving across town or across the CG, you still have to pack up the RV.  Once we are in the new site, I climbed on the roof to sweep of the walnuts that didn't roll off, when I noticed just how dirty it was and how the walnuts had really marked the roof.  After we are set up, again, we finally set out about 2:00.  The lady in the office told us a few places to check out, so down 31W through Radcliff and into Elizabethtown, neither of which are the tourist places she mentioned, but we found Elizabethtown quite nice.  We did some driving around checking out some of the old town area, geocached in the old cemetery and hit the visitors center while there, where we finally got a Kentucky map and some visitor information on the area.  We then headed back home, a quick chat with Pat McCurdy on the ride home and then burgers on the grill for dinner.  Settled in just in time for the 'Bones' season premier.  A good day, then off to bed.

Tuesday was another work day.  The roof was stained with walnut juice, so first was the scrubbing of that.  Then windows got washed, the inside of the car got scrubbed,  and we still need to get the RV scrubbed again. That took most of the morning and early afternoon, so then we just cleaned up and headed out to do some running around, our daily geocache,  a quick stop at the local (out of our way) Rite Aid store, and some grocery shopping.  Back home for chicken on the grill and again settled in to was the 'NCIS' season premier (some things you just have to make time for).

Wednesday they are calling for rain all day, so we decided to head into Louisville for the Louisville Slugger Museum and Factory Tour.  After breakfast we got ready and left about 10:30 and made it in there a little after 11:00.  We checked out the information on the tours and museum and decided to eat lunch first.  The guy at the door recommended an Italian place down the street, so we headed there..... we'll never listen to his advice again.  Oh well, back to the Louisville Slugger building.  Our factory tour wasn't scheduled until 2:00 so we had some time to kill in the museum.  That was pretty cool, I actually got to swing a bat that was used by Derek Jeter, it was the only one light enough for me to swing, I held one or two others, but they were way to heavy for me.  We walked around there about an hour, then squeezed in on the 1:40 tour.  They actually have their own forests of Ash and Maple trees(in northern Pa) where they harvest trees for their bats.  They showed us how they used to make bats, using a hand lathe and then the new lathe's used to make the general bats the every day person would buy and the new special lathe 's used to make the bats for the professional ball players.  I was surprised to learn that the players actually design their own bats and request them to their own specifications.  Our guide was interesting and talked faster than anyone I know, but I guess you get used to running through the tour spiel.  After that we watched a short film on baseball and then toured the batting cages and the rest of the building.  We finally got out of there about 3:30.  We then headed over to one of the history museums, but didn't really have enough time to do that, so we headed home.  A roast was in the crock pot so dinner was ready, feed Rudy, a couple of walks and now we are settled in for the evening. 

Dad, I took this picture just for you.  It's funny you just mentioned this this morning when we talked.    Love ya.

Thanks for the visit,
Diane and Brad.