Summer Vacation Day 7 - Creation Museum

Day 7 we visited the Creation Museum.
The museum part was packed with people
so we saw and read what we could. The kids
did not want to read so Andrew and I
rushed through it. I would like to visit
again when they are a little older. The grounds
of the museum were beautiful and we
enjoyed touring the gardens and seeing
the animals. The kids panned for gemstones
and then we headed toward Dayton, Ohio.
We visited Ikea per my request on the way
and saw a movie that evening. After the
movie we had a surprise in the hotel
parking lot. It was Dale Jr.'s car! We
are not racing fans but it was cool to see
his car. 

Summer Vacation Day 6 continued

Day 6 continued.. We had dinner at Skyline
Chili to try the traditional way of having
chili on spaghetti. It was ok but I will stick
to have my chili on a hot dog. We headed
back to our hotel which was downtown.
We "splurged" on our hotel that night and
we were glad we did because after letting
the kids swim a few minutes we took a
hike down to the river and really enjoyed
the riverfront park. We saw where the
Cincinnati Reds play and ended the night
with ice cream. We walked over 19,000
steps on Day 6 and all without a stroller
for Avery. That was HUGE for her!

Summer Vacation Day 6

Day 6 brought a trip to the Louisville Zoo
and then we traveled to Cincinnati. We
had views of the Ohio River and visited
the Newport Aquarium. 

Summer Vacation Day 5- Louisville Slugger Museum

Day 5 continued to the Louisville Slugger
Museum and factory tour. We saw how they
make the bats for major league ball players
and at the end of the tour everyone gets
a small bat that was made there.  We
ended the night with a gas station picnic.

Summer Vacation Day 5- Diamond Cavern

Day 5 continued with a stop at Diamond Cavern part
of Monmouth Cave National Park. Down Down
we went into the cave walking on extremely steep stairs.
It was a nice 58 degrees in there. This was my first
cave experience and it was really interesting. Avery did
excellent navigating the stairs and all the walking. 

Summer Vacation Day 5

On the road again...
We left Memphis without visiting their zoo because
the weather was horrible. It poured and poured! We
had a short break from the rain to stop in Nashville for
lunch. I love to visit places that the Food Network has
been so I looked one up and we decide to try
Arnold's in downtown Nashville and boy it did not
disappoint! Seriously some of the best food that Andrew
and I have had in a long time. We left after lunch and
continued on... 

Summer Vacation Day 4

On day 4 the kids and I came back home
to get daddy so that we could leave on our
adventure to Kentucky and Ohio. Aaron woke
up sick and running a fever the morning
we were to leave so we let him go back
to sleep and waited to see how he felt.
When he woke up he seemed to be in
better spirits so we headed off on our
journey. About 2 hours into the trip he
started to look like he felt bad again but
we got out of the car to visit a museum
in Jackson, MS. The time out of the car
seemed to help so we continued to
Memphis to spend the night. We also
did a little geocaching along the way at
rest stops.