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Mammoth Cave Above Ground

How can a cave be above ground?  Well, what I really mean is Mammoth Cave National Park above ground. After completing our underground tour, it was such a nice day that we decided to stay topside.  There was tour that … Continue reading

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Mammoth Cave Underground

We took off for a long weekend and went down to “Cave Country”, the area around Mammoth Cave National Park.  We started with a visit to the big cave.  It’s a different cave experience than Carlsbad, but one thing is … Continue reading

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I realize that I did not post a lot this summer

I realize that I did not post a lot this summer, and it is true that we have not been as active as we were last summer when the grandchild was staying with us, but neither have we been completely … Continue reading

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I meet a celebrity

This last Saturday was the Kentucky Humane Society’s annual outdoor fundraiser, the “Waggin’ Trail”. Donors brought out their dogs for laps around the park. It turned out to be a hot day with bright sun, and I carried many gallons … Continue reading

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Kitty Erector Sets

When I was a little kid, I had a wonderful toy called the “Kenner Girder & Panel and Bridge & Turnpike Building Set”.  It was like an erector set from the aliens; after building with it, you could never go … Continue reading

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I’ve got plenty to be thankful for

– just as Bing Crosby sang in “Holiday Inn”. CVH fixed an outstanding Thanksgiving feast: marinated kalamata olives and provolone, hot crab dip, stuffed baby artichokes, roasted turkey breast with cornbread dressing, cranberry sauce, fresh green bean and mushroom casserole, … Continue reading

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Adventures in lunch

Our old pepper grinder broke a couple of weeks ago; it was over twenty years old, so I suppose we got our money’s worth out of it.  Nonetheless, CVH simply cannot cook without a good supply of fresh ground pepper, … Continue reading

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Meeting our Kentucky obligations

Along with every other Kentuckian of a certain age, it seemed necessary for us to see the Secretariat movie.  So we went today.  There were a lot of people our age in the audience.

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How ’bout them apples?

Another trip to Huber’s big farm in Indiana.  This time we went to pick apples, right from the tree.  We rode the tractor-pulled trailer out into the orchard, where the trees were just loaded with apples.  I was amazed at … Continue reading

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Bridges to the Past

After my short visit to Ft Knox, I stopped at the Bridges to the Past.  This is a short walk along an old turnpike through a lovely woodland valley, limestone bluffs on one side, a creek on the other, and … Continue reading

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