Trip to Rabbit Hash Kentucky

Since it was a very nice day for a ride and picnic we decided to  visit a small town in northern Kentucky. On our way we stopped in Madison Indiana to have lunch while watching the boat traffic on the Ohio River. After lunch we rode to Rabbit Hash Kentucky. Rabbit Hash is famous for the fact that it's mayor was once a dog. We took some pictures and as you can see we were not the only ones there this Sunday afternoon.

Mammoth Cave Day 2

The tour of the cave today was awesome. So much better than yesterday in my humble opinion. It is called the Historical Tour. It lasted over 2 hours  and we covered about two miles underground. If you have never been to Mammoth Cave be sure and take this tour. The one yesterday called Frozen Niagara was ok but did not measure up the Historical Tour. Since the cave is over 400 miles long you can tell that we only touched a very small portion. I tried to take some pictures but because you can not use a flash the quality is not very good. Have to hold very still so they are a bit blurry.

Natural Opening of Mammoth Cave.

Giant's coffin, hard to tell how large it is from this picture.

Bottomless Pitt

155 steps to get back up to the start of the tour

Mammoth Cave Ride

We are making one last ride before school starts. We decided to ride to one of the seven natural wonders of the world, Mammoth Cave National Park in central Kentucky. It is only a two hour ride from our home in Indiana. We rode the back roads of Kentucky and even crossed the Green River on a ferry. When we arrived at the visitor center we could not find a place to park, it was so crowded. So we double parked the bike and went inside where we signed up for a tour later that day and one for tomorrow then left for our motel. Here are some pictures from today.

We are home

After a few side trips we finished our Washington DC trip. We spent a few days with family in Athens Ohio, Pickerington Ohio and Findley Ohio.   We stopped at  one last battlefield on our way home. It is the site of the last battle of the Revolutionary War. Ten months after the surrender by the British on the east coast one last group of "Loyalist" along with about 300 Indians we discovered in Kentucky. This is the site of the Battle of Blue Licks.

Washington DC day 3

We have decided to not go back to DC today but instead visit the battlefields close by. One of the first battles of the civil war was the battle of Bull Run or Manassas. If you supported the North you called  it the battle of Bull Run. If you supported the South is was called the battle of Manassas.  There were two battles fought here. One in 1861 and the second 1862. Well the South won both battles as is happened early in the war. So we will call it the battle of Manassas.

This Picture was taken in 1865

 Becky standing next to a statue of General Jackson during the first encounter. This is the battle where he earned the nickname "Stonewall".

Washington DC day Two

Started the day the same as yesterday. Taking a bus then the train to DC. Today we went to the Holocaust Museum and stayed there for over two hours We were able to get the tickets that allows you to go to all the floors of the museum. What a horrible time, the images are hard to look at and for sure you should not forget what happened to the Jewish people.
 The only disappointment was the crowds. People everywhere.

They made Jews wear a star to identify themselves.

Many pictures like this

The ovens that they used.

 After the Holocaust Museum we spent the rest of the day visiting the Smithsonian's. American History, Natural History, and Air and Space.

American History Vietnam War era helicopter

This is the original Wright Brothers Plane

Lunar module for moon missions

We then had one more memorial to visit, George Washington and a view of the capital.

Capital Building

Washington Monument

Washington DC Day One

We learned something today. Living in a big city and getting around is an experience we are not use to. We took the bus to the train station. Bought train tickets out of a vending machine. Rode the subway to downtown DC. Having survived that, it was the start of an emotional trip back in time as we spent most the day visiting War Memorials. This is the entrance of the WWII Memorial. Due to a very slow internet connection only two pictures, we will add more pictures to this post later today. The biggest surprise to us it how big all these memorials are.

Part of the Vietnam War Memorial

WW Two

Korean War

FDR

Thomas Jefferson Memorial

View from Lincoln Memorial