The Corvette museum was very interesting, and Jim drooled a bit over those powerful cars. We went through rather quickly, however, with one eye on the clock so we could get to the Toyota plant in time. What we didn't realize until we were back on the road was that we were crossing another time zone. Maybe we could have made it, or maybe not, but we decided it wouldn't be worth the speeding ticket we might incur if we kept traveling at the speed we were going. It is a Prius we are driving after all, and not a Corvette! The Toyota plant will have to happen on a subsequent visit.
Flexibility has been the name of the game, so we quickly changed plans. We first went to a railroad museum in New Haven, and then just a little farther south visited the boyhood home of Abraham Lincoln. Both Jim and I were impressed with how small the house was, and also how relatively recently, over the long course of history, people lived in such primitive conditions.
Just a bit north is the town of Bardstown, which is where Steven Foster was inspired to write the song "My Old Kentucky Home". We made a short visit to the beautiful State Park there (no State does State Parks as well as Kentucky!).
The most interesting part of our day was a tour through the Barton Distillery. We thought it very funny that two old tee-totalers were in a distillery, but it was really interesting to see the entire process of producing bourbon. The guide was very knowledgable and we really enjoyed the nearly two hour tour.
Tonight we are reunited with Aaron and Andrea. We look forward to spending the next couple of days with them. Of all we have seen and done in the last two months, we have found nothing more precious than our family.
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