We traveled about 275 miles to Glendale, KY (new state) to another half price campground. Nothing frilly! Not far off the beaten path of the freeway and 30 miles south of Louisville!
OK, now. it's Thursday, May 27th.......Happy Anniversary to us---38 years of wedded bliss!!!!!!! Yes, BMB, not 37!!!
JB got me a lovely, mushy card but I couldn't find the card that I bought 2 months ago! Don't laugh!! Anyway, this is how our day was spent..... We went to the Jim Beam distillery. We had a very enlightening tour by a lady who used to live in Yuma. She gave us many interesting facts, of which most I can't remember but they do have 72 warehouses and each warehouse holds 20,000 barrels of bourbon!! They have over 400 employees and the regular Jim Beam is the largest selling bourbon in the world. (I thought Jack Daniels was.) Anyway, we learned all about the history--Jacob Beam making bourbon in 1795, but it wasn't until his great-grandson, James B. Beam, rebuilt the distillery in 1933 after prohibition ended that the bourbon became known as "Jim Beam". Now Jim Beam's great grandson oversees the distillery and is the seventh generation who has been in charge of this operation. After the tour we went in the bar and got to taste two bourbons.. I can't remember what they were but they were "strong" in my standards. I had to wash it down with water! And, of course, we had to buy some mementos.
The red barn was the visitor center and gift shop. The white house is where one of the boys lived in the 1911 circa home.
JB is in 7th heaven!!!
Inside the family house but they had no displayed decanters that match "our" fine collection!
One of those rocking chairs but it was black,not white!
A display inside the gift shop. They actually make several types and ages of bourbons. We were most surprised at the cost of the bottles they had for sale. A regular liter of Jim Beam there was priced at $21.99. I bought the same bottle in PHX for $10.00. So we didn't buy any. We were going to buy some at a liquor store. Right! Well, all day we saw one liquor store and did not turn around because there would be more......there were no more for the next several hours. We must be in a dry county or something!!!
JB smelling the aroma of the REALLY expensive stuff! Look at that gray hair!!!
From Jim Beam country, we went to Abraham Lincoln country. Did you know he was born in Kentucky? Most people think of Illinois but they are wrong. This is a home that they moved to when he was two years old and from here they moved to Indiana when he was twelve.
This was a building on the same property as his boyhood home and was built in the 1930's and was used as a tavern. It is was closed so we could not go inside.
Just down the road about 10 miles is Lincoln's birthplace in Hodgenville, KY., now a National Historic site.
This building is probably enclosing Lincoln's birth house and they are going to make it look like the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. The renovation is being done with
recovery" dollars!
This is a spring that Abe drank from and is still running today. Imagine that!
So much for your history lesson.
This campground has a lake that you can fish without a license. JB brought his handy dandy fold up fishing pole but no tackle box. Must take up too much space! Pretty lake though.
Not too many choices for fine dining tonight. I passed up the truck stop so I made tortellini, chicken, fresh mushrooms and Ragu with a side salad of freshly cut lettuce and celery, topped with sunflower seeds, croutons with raspberry vinaigrette dressing. Plus Walmart wheat french bread and Andre' strawberry champagne. All items were on board so no special purchase necessary!!
Tomorrow will be a long day, as we will be traveling over 350 miles to southeast Michigan for the long weekend. I better get to bed. Toodles.
What an adventure you guys are on! Its been so fun to read and see it all through your eyes.
ReplyDeleteHappy Anniversary, I love that you celebrated with a special meal, even though you were one the road!!
See you on the flipside,
Shari
PS: Abe Lincoln is a distant cousin of mine through my dad. His mother's name was Nancy Hanks which is also my maiden name. My dad has some amazing photos and momentos that have been passed down, along with some letters that document our family tree.