Back to the Midwest

We left CT on Monday, 7/29, and headed West with Nashville as our eventual destination.
We took the same route back (I-84) to avoid the NYC area completely.  Our first stop was a Thousand Trails campground just outside Hershey, PA.  Nice CG but only there for an overnight.

The next day we headed south, thru Harrisburg, and into Maryland.  From there we turned west and into some very mountainous countryside.  Did not know this.

Then into West Virginia to a campground in Weston, WV called the Broken Wheel Campground.

Interesting setup - had to go past our site, then turn around and come back to it to back into it.  Right along the river.

It stormed overnight.

The next day we entered KY and headed to Frankford, KY (as you know, it's the capital, not Louisville or Louieville!!).

Found our campground (Elkhorn CG) and got setup for a couple of days.  Very crowded CG.

We found the capital and took a tour.  Very interesting to tour these buildings.  I think I like these more than the Presidential libraries.

Daniel Boone, of course.

Abe Lincoln.

Jefferson Davis

Henry Clay.

And,  last but not least, Colonel Sanders!!

State Supreme Court.

House of Representatives.

Senate.

Still have operable phone booths.

Quilt pieces made by each of the counties in KY.

After that we found the Distillery and toured that as well.

This building dates back to the 1800's and they still use it today to age their liquors.  

The upper floors are used to age liquor in the shortest amount of time as it is warmer up here.

Liquor on the middle floors age in about 3-5 years while those barrels in the basement age the longest and is the most expensive liquor.

This distillery was in operation during prohibition and they sold liquor as medicinal!

Very interesting tour, and, at the end, we enjoyed 5 different liquors!!  Hmmm...

On Friday, 8/2, we headed south to Nashville and then on to Chapel Hill where our campground is located....