A VISIT TO KENTUCKY FROM THE MICHIGAN CONTINGENT
The Parental Units just left this morning after 10 fun-filled days here in Kentucky. As usual, a great time was had by all. Here's a break down of the crazy-fun we all had ...
Saturday ... they arrived, and we commenced to sweat to death at Francisco Farms Art Fair in Midway, KY. Ann missed that loveliness due to the stomach flu.
Sunday ... church, dinner, and then hanging with Ann. She was still feeling crappy.
Monday ... Lazy morning and then off to Lexington, cuz Ann still wasn't feeling great. I got my first crack at GoLiveMeeting, which was more impressive than I thought.
Tuesday ... Cove Springs in the a.m. so as to commune with nature ... Dr. appointment for me and a little worker's comp claim for the employer ... off to Talk of the Town in Lawrenceburg for yummy lunch, and then Salato Center for more communing with nature ... dinner with Ann after her work -- YAY!!! She was finally feeling better.
Wednesday ... Class for me ... relaxation for the parental units ... Fort Hill in the afternoon ... coffee with Elly ... Farmers Market ... packing for trip to the mountains.
Thursday ... Up early for trip to Pine Mountain in Middlesboro, KY ... pick up Ann in Lexington ... lunch and laughter in Levi Jackson State Park ... arrival at Pine Mountain ... hiking for the parental units ... poolside for the "kids" ... dinner in our mountain cottage ... overlooks and chatting with the state resort naturalist, Dean Henson ... a bit of family silliness ... exhaustion.
Friday ... Up bright-eyed but not bushy-tailed due to the gross nature of the coffee ... side-trip to McDonald's for slightly better coffee and batteries for the sister ... Cumberland Gap with a side trip in the gift shop -- way cool earrings were the result ... lots of great time spent atop the Pinnacle Overlook ... traversing through the Cumberland Gap Tunnel ... lunch at a kick-butt barbecue place in Harrogate, TN ... back through the tunnel ... a stop at Renfro Valley, just cuz ... witness to a grown woman ride a mechanical horse ... concert series at the Old Capitol back in Frankfort ... family silliness ... exhaustion.
Saturday ... Hanging out and chatting ... Louisville Zoo ... sweated our butts off ... dinner at Hometown Pizza in Shelbyville ... to Lexington to drop Ann off ... home and exhaustion.
Sunday ... Missed church -- not enough underwear was packed ... quick laundry episode ... brunch ... Lexington with Ann ... UK Arboretum ... Lexington Legends game (the game winning homerun sailed RIGHT OVER our heads ... sometimes the cheap seats are, indeed, the best!) and fireworks show ... very little hearing left after standing DIRECTLY under said fireworks (and within a few hundred yards of the actually fireworks) show, but had THE best seat in town ... home and exhaustion.
Monday ... Relaxing morning ... lunch with Joe, Erin and the boys ... big cookout in the evening with Ann, Heather, and Amy R. ... much laughter was had by all!
That brings us to today ... sad to see every one leave, but I know we all must get back to our respective lives.
Saturday ... they arrived, and we commenced to sweat to death at Francisco Farms Art Fair in Midway, KY. Ann missed that loveliness due to the stomach flu.
Sunday ... church, dinner, and then hanging with Ann. She was still feeling crappy.
Monday ... Lazy morning and then off to Lexington, cuz Ann still wasn't feeling great. I got my first crack at GoLiveMeeting, which was more impressive than I thought.
Tuesday ... Cove Springs in the a.m. so as to commune with nature ... Dr. appointment for me and a little worker's comp claim for the employer ... off to Talk of the Town in Lawrenceburg for yummy lunch, and then Salato Center for more communing with nature ... dinner with Ann after her work -- YAY!!! She was finally feeling better.
Wednesday ... Class for me ... relaxation for the parental units ... Fort Hill in the afternoon ... coffee with Elly ... Farmers Market ... packing for trip to the mountains.
Thursday ... Up early for trip to Pine Mountain in Middlesboro, KY ... pick up Ann in Lexington ... lunch and laughter in Levi Jackson State Park ... arrival at Pine Mountain ... hiking for the parental units ... poolside for the "kids" ... dinner in our mountain cottage ... overlooks and chatting with the state resort naturalist, Dean Henson ... a bit of family silliness ... exhaustion.
Friday ... Up bright-eyed but not bushy-tailed due to the gross nature of the coffee ... side-trip to McDonald's for slightly better coffee and batteries for the sister ... Cumberland Gap with a side trip in the gift shop -- way cool earrings were the result ... lots of great time spent atop the Pinnacle Overlook ... traversing through the Cumberland Gap Tunnel ... lunch at a kick-butt barbecue place in Harrogate, TN ... back through the tunnel ... a stop at Renfro Valley, just cuz ... witness to a grown woman ride a mechanical horse ... concert series at the Old Capitol back in Frankfort ... family silliness ... exhaustion.
Saturday ... Hanging out and chatting ... Louisville Zoo ... sweated our butts off ... dinner at Hometown Pizza in Shelbyville ... to Lexington to drop Ann off ... home and exhaustion.
Sunday ... Missed church -- not enough underwear was packed ... quick laundry episode ... brunch ... Lexington with Ann ... UK Arboretum ... Lexington Legends game (the game winning homerun sailed RIGHT OVER our heads ... sometimes the cheap seats are, indeed, the best!) and fireworks show ... very little hearing left after standing DIRECTLY under said fireworks (and within a few hundred yards of the actually fireworks) show, but had THE best seat in town ... home and exhaustion.
Monday ... Relaxing morning ... lunch with Joe, Erin and the boys ... big cookout in the evening with Ann, Heather, and Amy R. ... much laughter was had by all!
That brings us to today ... sad to see every one leave, but I know we all must get back to our respective lives.
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