Kentucky

We are in Kentucky and enjoying the beautiful state. Charlie took me into Paducah so I could go to the National Quilt Museum. They wouldn’t let you take pictures in there I only wish you could. I don’t know if pictures would capture detail work that these beautiful quilts show.

A few of the quilts got them off their sight as we couldn't take pictures

  It was a fantastic quilt display. I saw things done I had no idea people would even do on a quilt.

Metropolis Illinois where we saw superman

  Then we went back over the border to Illinois as it was close and we went to Metropolis "Hometown of Superman," celebrating its local hero every possible way it can. The local bank is "home of super financial services." The town newspaper calls itself The Planet. A sign in the grocery store informs customers: "Just as Superman stands for truth, justice and the American Way, Food World stands for quality, convenience and friendly service." It was a lot of fun there. We were getting ready to take a picture of each other behind the superman and women cut outs when a women from the TV station offered to take the picture. It was a friendly town. Lots of fun .

Brookport Bridge over the Ohio river

 We went over the Brookport bridge on us 45. It goes over the Ohio river and it is painted beautiful blue color. Lots of locals will not use the bridge as it makes a noise and is very narrow. It has been hit many times by large boats going down the Ohio river. It was closed down for a while in May 2011 when the flood went through the area. We went to the trace (land between the lakes). Kentucky lake on one side and Lake Barkley on the other side. Land down the middle.

 

Some of the Elk we saw

  We went to the Elk and Bison prairie where we saw one bison and lots of elk. We saw a couple of bulls ,lots of cows. The drive is very pretty and it has all kinds of roads off the main road that takes you to campgrounds, bays, lake access etc. We drove into a lighthouse landing , marina and resort. It had hundreds of sail boats in the docks.Beautiful access to the Kentucky lake.  

Sail boats on the landing

Lighthouse on Kentucky Lake

one of the bays we drove in

We also went down to one of the roads to a bay were a couple men were getting ready to fish. It was really a nice bay for fishing. We are camped right on lake Barkley it is a very popular lake and books up fast as they reserve the sights.

 

Lake Barkley

 We have see a couple deer in the campground. I walked around the lake in the campground to where the canal connects both the lakes. It was a very pretty area

The canal between the lakes

Egret on the beach at Lake Barkley

 They catch all kinds of fish in this lake. When coming back from the laundry I was asked by a couple are you the lady from Oregon? They had seen us come in and it is a state they hadn’t seen in there park before. When we leave here we will be headed for Tennessee. We have some good friends that live there Don and Jan. More to come .Ginny

Lake Barkley