After 3 days in the Daniel Boone National Forrest with no wine or alcohol, we finally are in a town - Harrodsburg, KY which is a moist county - meaning we got margaritas at LaFonda - the Mexican restaurant in town. We are staying at the Hearth Country Inn, which allows dogs. The boys are in our jacuzzi tub right now getting a bath and are very happy. We decided to splurge and get the jacuzzi suite.
On Saturday, we drove like heck to Cumberland Gap, KY. After 10 hours in the car, we decided to have a picnic dinner. When we arrived at the Pinnacles Overlook, it rained cats and dogs so we had a picnic under a shelter then did a short hike out to see the view when the rain let up. The boys of course loved the rain. We arrived at the campground after 10PM - typical Clayton arrival time. We could not find our site since the campground was overbooked, so we ended up camping at the Pavilion near the pool. Heath photographed the moonbow - rainbow at night from the full moon over the falls at midnight to 3 am. We went to see Cumberland Falls together, the next morning, which were very cool. The boys really enjoyed the area and even found a hallow tree to hang out in for a while.
Sunday, we decided to stay in our Pavilion campsite even though we were in the middle of the horseshoe ring toss area. The Pavilion ended up being the hub for entertainment. Tas, Heath and I made pottery there - very cool. The potter was hysterical. Then, we swam at the pool. We met another type 1 family at the camp ground. Their son Nathan was 7. Him and Chance exchanged pump details - ended up that they had the exact same one, same color too. In the evening, a bluegrass band played. Tas sat in the first row and took in all the music and commentary. Chance hung out in his chair and tried to figure out how everything worked. Then, bedtime for the punkins.
This morning, Chance woke us up at a bright and early 6:30 am. I woke at 7 am. We packed up and were so happy to be on the road by 9 am. Heath put the keys in the car and oh no - the battery was dead. Thank goodness, I flagged down a ranger and they brought over cables to jump the car in a few mins.
Today, we did the Stearns Railroad. This was great. It was a three hour excursion with a ride to an old mining town, lunch, a walk over an old RR bridge, and then the train rode back.
After the train excursion, we drove to Harrodsburg - a quaint town, one of the first settled in the west according to the locals and a place with some booze. Everything was closed tonight due to the holiday, but thanks to the local Mexican joint, not only did we get great food but booze too! Something very much needed after 3 days with twin, two year old, adorable, inquisitive, feisty toddlers.
Some observations. Wow - are there personalities really exploding!! Tas is a complete chatterbox - "Mommy this, Mommy that...", Chance just trying to figure out how everything works. Chance sat on my lap both ways on the train because it was an open air train and a little scary. Tas wanted to sit on his own chair the whole way and chattered about everything he saw. Chance not a word. Best friends, yet complete opposites.
Gibson - doing well and happy to be with us! Me - glad I had a margarita tonight!
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