Louisville and points in between

June 11,2009
Another day, another trip

We're not too terribly far from Louisville, (90 miles or so) and we decided to take a day trip to the Louisville Slugger Factory & Museum and see what else we could get into. (well at least I did)

We ran into some light rain in Louisville, so I didn't get far enough away from the building to get the entire Bat at the Factory.

I did however take a picture of the post card we bought.They do not allow pictures in any part of the factory tour, so I only have a few for the blog, but I can tell you that the tour of the bat manufacturing plant is very cool.

As it turns out, a brand spanking new Tour opened on June 1 called Mega Cavern. The cavern is an old limestone mine that has been converted into a huge underground storage facility.

At one time it was actually considered a "secure" facility in case of a nuclear attack, and had a bunch of Red Cross supplies stashed here, just in case. Because of the way it's used, it is considered to be the largest "building" in Kentucky.

They have huge climate controlled storage buildings that have been built by "hanging" the walls from the ceiling, rather than putting in a foundation and "sill" like a conventional structure. Kinda cool.

When you're not in the climate controlled area, it does have a kinda musty odor, but for most people it would not be an issue. It seems that caves and caverns are prone to having mold and mildew in them, and I'm starting to think that my lungs don't like it. We'll see.

Enjoy the pictures.

After doing the Cavern, we headed back toward Cave Country RV Park, but took Hwy 31 instead of the Interstate. Just wanted to see something different.

We wound up driving through Fort Knox and I got this picture of the Federal Bullion Depository, just as the loudspeaker told me we were not allowed to stop there. Oops, my bad!!
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Paul

For the Sweeps out there.

How many of you wish this was YOUR customer.

We turned around yet again to get this pic. I spotted it just as went past.

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Paul

Just an amusement to us.

We saw this sign on the way to Cub Run Cave, and actually stopped after our tour to take this picture. It's located in Cub Run KY, so do ya think the "Locally Owned" is a real necessity?

We just chuckled and turned around for a continued ride on the West side of Mammoth Cave, as I wished I could send the picture to Jay Leno.


Thought y'all would get a kick out of it. ;-)

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Paul

Our 1st Kentucky Cave

A couple of weeks ago, when we had a clear day to wander, we decided to go see a not so busy cave about 45 minutes from our park.

It's called Cub Run Cave and it is a privately owned cave system. Several people had told us about it, as it's a very easy cave to tour.

The whole cave has a wooden boardwalk that allows visitors to get into some diffucult places. It only has a few real steps in the cave and the rest is a nice easy and gradual slope up and down.

Well, they were right. It's pretty amazing to see this Cave, that most people don't even know about.

I won't bore you with a lot of description, except that Cub Run is what they call a "wet cave" that is still oozing water from the limestone and building stalactites (from the ceiling) stalagmites (from the ground) and columns that actually reach from floor to ceiling.

With that said, here are some pics of the cave that Connie and I both took.

Hope you like em.

Called Cave Bacon

The cave is open May 1st-Sept 27, but they will give tours for groups.

We actually drove right to the cave entrance and parked for the tour. Here's the GPS stuff for the Gift Shop (where you need to register for a tour).
lat. 37.317759°, Lon -86.091177°

I really recommend it if you're in the area and have some time on your hands. It took us 1-1/2Hrs, but only because a bunch of people asked a bunch of questions. Jeff (our guide) answered them all.

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Paul