Hi there, y'all. Are y'all doin' alright with y'all's y'all? Great thing about Kentucky #1: Everybody is super-friendly. Great thing about Kentucky #2: It really is the center of America... if you go north, you're in the North. South, you're in the South. Same with the East and the West. It really is the crossroads, loaded up with culture and cultures. Great thing about Kentucky #3: I am an Adonis at the swimming pool. No sucking in the gut, no keeping the shirt on, no worrying about the ol' muffin top. It seems that the burgers and fries (and ribs and fried chicken) have taken their toll on the entire population.
So Izzie made her first-ever campground friend while we were staying in Bowling Green. Unfortunately, it only took a short time for him to go from being her first CGF to her first six-year-old stalker. Greatest moment with this kid was when we arrived home at 9pm after a full 12-hour adventure to Mammoth Cave, only to have him pop out of the darkness before we even got out of the car. I swear I heard creepy violins screeching a soundtrack just as the headlights glimmered off of his thin, yellow eyes...
When last we met, we had just gotten back from Lincoln's boyhood home, which seems like a lifetime ago. That night we had one of the most intense thunderstorms I have ever experienced in my life (including once having a tornado on-site), certainly the most intense we've ever had while camping, and it went on, without interruption, for two solid hours.
Tuesday we went to Mammoth Cave, and it was just the greatest. We all put in 4.5 miles, including hikes above and below the ground. The coolest thing was when we were all completely schweaty, hiking up from the river, drenched in sweat, when - without knowing it - we approached the cave entrance, which was spewing 50 degree air down the hill onto us. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
Wednesday, we went to Nayeshveel, Tennessee. Probably an awesome town after dark, without the kids, but... everything we wanted to go too was too expensive for what it was. So we had the most spectacular BBQ lunch at Jack's, went to a record store, and drove home for swimming. We did visit the Nashville Parthenon but, as it would have cost $60 for all of us to go inside, we didn't.
Today we finally (finally WHAT?!?) drove to Memphis and are staying on Hound Dog lane at the RV park on the grounds of Graceland (Graceland, Graceland Tennessee). We are behind the Heartbreak Hotel and just down the way from Elvis' jets. But the best part is that our beloved Mommy finally XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX THIS SECTION REDACTED XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX and flew into Memphis early this afternoon. The kids and I got up at 6:00 and departed super-fast so we could get here and get her picked up.
We are going to tour Graceland tomorrow, and I don't know what beyond that. But it is sticky hot.
I'm having all kinds of trouble with Flickr right now, but I'll get lots more pics up as soon as I can.
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