Continuing eastward, Louisville KY was next on the agenda. I had made reservations at the Elks Lodge #8, which had electric hook-ups and water available at the lodge; they did not offer a dump station. The only planned activities we had was visiting friends. We had hoped to visit Buffalo Trace Distillery, but apparently their tours fill-up, even mid-week, so we didn’t get to go this time. Oh well, maybe next time.
We had a short detour on our way to the Elks Lodge, due to a tree that had literally just fell, completely blocking the road. Police hadn’t even arrived yet, that’s how recent it happened. We were about 3 blocks from the lodge and there was literally only one way to go, down a small neighborhood street. I wish there had been a way for me to get in front of Bill, but sadly there was not. The GPS corrected as we made the turn, so far so good. As we made a second turn there were a lot of trees and one was lower than we like to see, although it was small and we didn’t think it would cause damage. Bill had no choice but to go under it and a branch caught under our “batwing” (over air) TV antenna. Luckily we don’t really use it and Bill just removed it after he got us parked.
Our first friend visit was with Mike and Christine. We’ve known them for years, since we all lived in NJ. Bill and I had moved our family to KY when Bill had a career changing job offer and Mike and Christine basically followed us. They’ve been there since.
We headed to their home in the Willow Creek subdivision. Their home, while having a Louisville address, is actually in Oldham County. This could have been important had Christine sent her kids to public schools, as Oldham County schools were superior to Louisville schools (at least back then – I have no current knowledge on the subject.) Instead of public schools, Christine home-schooled her three children.
We arrived early afternoon and our visit started with hugs all around! We spent the day catching up on news and Christine had prepared a delish dinner. We were enjoying the time so much that none of us thought to get a picture! How crazy is that? I would have went back for one, except neither Bill nor I realized it until we were most of the way back to the Elks.
The following day, we had dinner reservations with friends Doug and Misty. It had been a long time since we had seen them – probably back in 2017 when we were in KY last, working for Amazon. It was great seeing them! Thankfully – we did remember a picture this time!
Another day, Bill and I took a drive through Oldham County, which is where we used to live from 1996 – 2002. Bill worked for Brown Forman, which is headquartered in Louisville, for 4 years, and then for Wray and Nephew in Kingston Jamaica (yes – the small island country south of Cuba) for 2 years, before we moved our family to Reading PA.
It was a nice weather day and we took the opportunity to drive by our former home. A quick Zillow search revealed the people we sold it to still live there. The house, aside from a couple of added trees, looks exactly the same. The playhouse Bill built for our kids was still there. We also drove through the downtown area of LaGrange, which is the town we lived in. What’s interesting about LaGrange is there is, still to this day, a freight train that runs right down the middle of Main Street. When we first moved there, my kids would get the biggest kick out of watching that.
When we moved on from Louisville, we spent a couple of days at a State Park near Columbus before arriving at our summer home in Somerset PA. A client of ours was staying there and he invited us to stop by. Sadly, we were remiss in getting a pic – sorry about that!
Next time: Somerset, PA and later NJ
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Glad you missed the storm. Your former home looks real nice.
Safe travels!
While we were driving, we saw it in the distance. It was in front of us – I’m happy we never caught up with it! I sure did love that home but was happy when we moved to PA, which was closer to family at that time.
Sure glad that tree came down before you gif there. Nasty split! I think we stayed at that Rljs. Huge pool out back? Nice to see old friends. I like your hairstyle Kelly!
Yes – HUGE pool in the back! Thankfully no one was near the tree when it came down or they would have been seriously hurt! Thanks about my hair!
You look to have avoided the worst of the regional storms on your journey down memory lane.
Continued safe travels!
Believe me, I was happy to be behind that storm!
I’ve seen so many downed trees this year! Glad you didn’t get there a few minutes earlier!! Love that cute little main street. Pretty blue skies. We haven’t seen enough of Kentucky.
Downtown LaGrange is very cute. When we lived there Oldham County was dry, which we didn’t know until after we moved in. It really wasn’t a big deal, but was just weird. They now allow drink service while dining, which is starting to bring in better restaurants, but no liquor or beer stores. Kentucky is beautiful!