Having been beat down by the previous day's heat, our Sunday trip home was going to be spent doing activities that were not out in the sunshine (or so we thought). After grabbing breakfast, we headed south and stopped in Shepardsville to tour the Jim Beam Distillery. It was an okay historical tour, but fell far short of the tour of the Jack Daniels' Distillery in Lynchburg, TN. After the tour, we did locate the earthcache Drive-By Geology as we hit the highway south.
By mid-afternoon, we had arrived in Bowling Green, Kentucky and decided to check out The Lost River Cave. Though the boat tour was a bit pricey, all of the funds do go back into the maintaining the area, so it still seemed like money well-spent. There were several caches in the park, but we had bypassed a couple before I realized they were there. We did, however, find four of the caches located there, including Caching in the Cave: Lost River Spring, which was my favorite of the ones we found. It involved climbing a short embankment and weaving to the top of a spring feeding the river system.
At this point, we were spent and headed back home.
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Monday, June 4, 2012
GeoWoodstock/Louisville- Part 2
Saturday was the day I had been waiting on for months, the mega-event GeoWoodstock X. We made the drive from our hotel in Jeffersonville up to Sellersburg, IN, the actual event site. How was it? In a word, hot. Or, more accurately, extremely hot. We visited the vendor booths and ate lunch, then decided to skip the events because we were so hot we couldn't really enjoy orselves.
We then drove to Greenville, IN, which is where justbubbin lived until she was six. We visited the homes she had lived in and then decided to start grabbing a few caches as we worked our way back to Jeffersonville. Most of the finds were park and grabs, but I did find a regular-size cache with Galena's Lamb, which required a short walk down a narrow trail and then an 80-100 foot plunge into the woods to the cache. It was a fairly easy find, but the thorns did a number on me as I was wearing shorts instead of pants. This cache completed the requirements to find and log GEO.JOE (RVG Challenge), a cache I hope to grab in the near future.
As we approached Jeffersonville, we were wanting a bite to eat so we crossed into Louisville to find a White Castle. Luckily, there was no Harold & Kumar moment for us. We then went to Mazzoli Bioswale, an interesting earthcache centered around scrubbing pollution out of rainwater before it enters the sewer system. We then visited a series of virtual caches, including Bikes, Blades & Boards, Edison House, and The Lady, which took us back to Indiana. We hunted a few more caches before retreating to our hotel to cool down for a while.
After the heat broke, we headed out to the Fallos of the Ohio area. Our first stop was a cache at Kentuckiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, We then headed into the park, where we found five of the earthcaches there, including FOSSIL IDENTIFICATION at the FALLS OF THE OHIO. There were some more earthcaches in the park, but we were running out of daylight at this point.
We then drove to Greenville, IN, which is where justbubbin lived until she was six. We visited the homes she had lived in and then decided to start grabbing a few caches as we worked our way back to Jeffersonville. Most of the finds were park and grabs, but I did find a regular-size cache with Galena's Lamb, which required a short walk down a narrow trail and then an 80-100 foot plunge into the woods to the cache. It was a fairly easy find, but the thorns did a number on me as I was wearing shorts instead of pants. This cache completed the requirements to find and log GEO.JOE (RVG Challenge), a cache I hope to grab in the near future.
As we approached Jeffersonville, we were wanting a bite to eat so we crossed into Louisville to find a White Castle. Luckily, there was no Harold & Kumar moment for us. We then went to Mazzoli Bioswale, an interesting earthcache centered around scrubbing pollution out of rainwater before it enters the sewer system. We then visited a series of virtual caches, including Bikes, Blades & Boards, Edison House, and The Lady, which took us back to Indiana. We hunted a few more caches before retreating to our hotel to cool down for a while.
After the heat broke, we headed out to the Fallos of the Ohio area. Our first stop was a cache at Kentuckiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, We then headed into the park, where we found five of the earthcaches there, including FOSSIL IDENTIFICATION at the FALLS OF THE OHIO. There were some more earthcaches in the park, but we were running out of daylight at this point.
Friday, June 1, 2012
GeoWoodstock/Louisville- Part I
Not having had a real vacation in quite some time, I was looking forward to making the trip to Louisville, KY and attending GeoWoodstock X in nearby Sellersburg, Indiana.
We got an early start on Thursday, May 24th, so that we could make it to Churchill Downs to attend the THURSDAY FLASH @ Churchill Downs flash mob event. It was my first time to attend live horse racing, and the fact that it was at historic Churchill Downs made it all the better. We got a chance to meet a few folks, have our picture taken in front of the Barbaro statue, and watch some racing. We had a blast, and I recommend that everyone do this at least once in their lifetime.
After checking into our hotel and cleaning up a bit, we headed to downtown Louisville to Fourth Street to grab dinner and check in at the Crossmage & Phoenix Lady R Gettin' Hitched @GWX!! event. We signed the log wishing the happy couple our best wishes, talked to some other cachers, and headed on.
On Friday, we ate a late breakfast and then grabbed a few caches before heading to the Schimpf Candy Factory for a tour. One of the cooler caches was Nightmare on Spring Street, which is an old warehouse that has been converted into a haunted house. While searching for the cache, the property owner pulled up and walked over. Talked to him a few minutes, then found the cache and moved on.
We then attended the candy factory tour, enjoyed a drink at the 50's style soda fountain, and purchased some candy. Titansfan and I then grabbed two local caches in easy walking distance. I normally abhor caboose caches, so I enjoyed the fact that The Wheels of the Train Go Round and Round was not the normal micro that you normally find in these locations. We finished up the day by walking across the street from our hotel to Miles of Smiles Meet & Greet, where we picked up our registration packets for Saturday's event.
At the advice of a friend, we then headed for dinner at Havana Rumba, a hidden-gem of a Cuban restaurant. It was quite possibly the best meal I have ever had, though I had never experienced Cuban food before. It is a place I will definitely visit the next time I am in the area.
We got an early start on Thursday, May 24th, so that we could make it to Churchill Downs to attend the THURSDAY FLASH @ Churchill Downs flash mob event. It was my first time to attend live horse racing, and the fact that it was at historic Churchill Downs made it all the better. We got a chance to meet a few folks, have our picture taken in front of the Barbaro statue, and watch some racing. We had a blast, and I recommend that everyone do this at least once in their lifetime.
After checking into our hotel and cleaning up a bit, we headed to downtown Louisville to Fourth Street to grab dinner and check in at the Crossmage & Phoenix Lady R Gettin' Hitched @GWX!! event. We signed the log wishing the happy couple our best wishes, talked to some other cachers, and headed on.
On Friday, we ate a late breakfast and then grabbed a few caches before heading to the Schimpf Candy Factory for a tour. One of the cooler caches was Nightmare on Spring Street, which is an old warehouse that has been converted into a haunted house. While searching for the cache, the property owner pulled up and walked over. Talked to him a few minutes, then found the cache and moved on.
We then attended the candy factory tour, enjoyed a drink at the 50's style soda fountain, and purchased some candy. Titansfan and I then grabbed two local caches in easy walking distance. I normally abhor caboose caches, so I enjoyed the fact that The Wheels of the Train Go Round and Round was not the normal micro that you normally find in these locations. We finished up the day by walking across the street from our hotel to Miles of Smiles Meet & Greet, where we picked up our registration packets for Saturday's event.
At the advice of a friend, we then headed for dinner at Havana Rumba, a hidden-gem of a Cuban restaurant. It was quite possibly the best meal I have ever had, though I had never experienced Cuban food before. It is a place I will definitely visit the next time I am in the area.
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