312.7 miles today, 1,261.7 miles total

Incredible morning tour of a 2 mile portion of the 400 mile labyrinth of the largest cave system in the world…MAMMOTH. We went down to a depth of 400 feet to follow in the footsteps of previous men over the last 5,000 years here. Below is a spaghetti-like picture which is a 3-D representation of the caves…amazing stuff! Then driving 300 miles onto Memphis to arrive at Graceland RV Park at Elvis’ homeplace.  m,b & t

Advice from a Cave: “Breathe deep, Find beauty in unexpected places, Search inward, See the hole picture, Good things take time, Look beneath the surface, Hang tight.” –ilan shamir

Day Three, 182.6 miles today, 949 miles

We visited our horse, George, strutting his stuff in Lousiville! Toby is seen in the saddle, so to speak, playing peek-a-boo in our horseless carriages! And we’re having fun times in the Thumper-mobile high tech wagon with Beth & Toby riding shotgun! It was a gorgeous day in Kentucky! Tomorrow we undertake to go underway undergrowth to undergo undercover underground…understand!?!? The “hollowed out” answer to this riddle tomorrow,  m,b & t

If you can’t say something nice, don’t say nothin’ at all.”  –Thumper from “Bambi” 1942)

Day Three, 164.4 miles today, 766.4 miles total. We are staying at the Kentucky Horse Park Campground in Lexington for 2 nights. Toured the American Saddlebred Museum, International Museum of the Horse, Horse Breeds of the World, & Horse Hall of Champions.  Headed over to Louisville to see our two horses, George & Patrick, who got a workout in the ring.

“No hour of life is wasted that is spent in the saddle.” Winston Churchill

“All you need for happiness is a good gun, a good horse, and a good wife.” — Daniel Boone

Day Two, 329 miles today, 602 miles total. Today, we passed over the Great Smokey Mountains through Tennessee into Kentucky to visit my great…grandfather’s original Traveler’s Rest homeplace including the original summer kitchen from 1786 and the family cemetery. Isaac Shelby (whom our youngest daughter, Shelby, is named after) was the 1st & 5th Governor of Kentucky & one of the hero’s of the Revolutionary War &  the War of 1812,  receiving the Congressional Gold  Medal of Honor. Counties in nine states and towns in 11 states have been named in his honor. The residence & estate are now in the care of Roseann & David Downey,  Roseann was gracious to give us a personal tour complete with hot tea & cheesecake. After this memorable afternoon, we proceeded to the Kentucky Horse Park Campground in Lexington. m, b & t

“Every man is a quotation from all his ancestors.” –Ralph Waldo Emerson