Squid on the Road -- Kentucky Bound

The Squid family does not do long road trips. Our trips until now have averaged 4 hours more or less with camping trips being confined to a 3 hour radius. So, to embark on a trip from New York City to Kentucky was a big adventure.

We did not do the "frequent stops and tourist" thing but pretty much spent the first day driving. One Geocache was found in Ohio -- a micro at an I-80 rest stop. It was a quick find which was good because Papa Squid was not hanging around for a long search.

We got pretty close to Columbus, OH the first day and would have made it except that Little Squid got a tummy ache around 8:30 so we decided to call it a night.

The next day saw us put in the last 3 hours to Alexandria, KY. We saw Columbus in passing:

And I mean passing. Maybe next year we will actually stop there.

We then discovered just how good the mapping software in our GPS was as it guided us along some winding roads to DBILs home / farm-in-progress. There, we discovered that they were putting the property on the market and would be moving again -- maybe to Michigan? I guess we will not be visiting Kentucky again any time soon.

Lots of fun was had there with lots of time in the pool,at the aquarium,
(Papa Squid's sister and her kids -- they flew out for this "family reunion.")

(Yes, that is the sock that was in progress. We rescued it before it could be eaten.)

and a day down in Lexington at the Kentucky Horse Park. Thanks to DSIL, Squidette is horse crazy and had a fantastic time at the Horse Park. Unfortunately, even a miniature horse will not fit on our terrace.

We also witnessed Uncle Steve mowing the lawn

and got to help with the chores.
We introduced Uncle Steve and Aunt Andrea to the pleasures of Geocaching and logged 4 Kentucky caches. (A separate post about Caching is forthcoming.)

After 3 days in Kentucky we headed off to Indiana -- but that's another post!

By the way -- if you ever have a chance to visit the Norwalk-Cincinnati Aquarium, DO IT! It is the best one that we have seen. Please note that despite our extreme New York City-centrism, we completely admit that the NY Aquarium is the pits and really is not worth a special trip if you have access to another aquarium. The Bronx Zoo however, is a different story!