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We left to hotel at 4:30 just a few miles down the road to the birth place of Kentucky Fried Chicken and the Colonel Sanders original restaurant built in 1937. The diner is like stepping back in time when the Colonel created his secret of 11 herbs and spices for that finger lickin' good chicken. The museum has many artifacts and memorabilia from the early days. http://www.corbinkytourism.com/sandersKFC.htm
http://www.corbinkentucky.us/sanderscafe.htm

We arrived back at the hotel at 5:30 and the hotel clerk saved some pillow cases for us. She was not sure if the cleaning people had got to our room yet. When we arrived at the room the lady was in the room putting on the last pillow case so I gave her the clean one the front desk gave to me. After a day of being on the road for 12 hours the hotel pool and hot tub was looking good. Eva and I went swimming for about an hour while Mike wanted to just relax in the room. After drying off and walking back to the room we were all hungry but did not want to go to a restaurant for dinner. Eva said she seen a sign in the window advertising hot dogs at the truck stop. Eva and I went to see what we cold pick up for a quick dinner. We brought the food back to the hotel and watched TV for the rest of the night until we fell asleep.

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We had 63 miles to our destination for the day in Corbin Kentucky. http://www.corbinkytourism.com/

The scenery was sure getting better from the many horse farms and bales of hay to the foothills of the Cumberland Mountains and the Daniel Boon National Forest. http://www.fs.fed.us/r8/boone/index.shtml

The hardwood and pine forest shade the byway as you drive through the Renfro Valley. We arrived in Corbin Kentucky at 3:35 p.m. We checked into our hotel at the Comfort suites. http://www.comfortsuites.com/hotel-corbin-kentucky-KY100?promo=yapics
When arrive to our room we found that they were not done cleaning the room. It appeared that everything was done except none of the pillows has clean covers on yet. We waited for a bit and looked out in the hall way for one if the cleaning people. I asked at the front desk for some cases and we would put them on ourselves but they were still being washed and someone would be up as soon as they were done.

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Friday March 20, 2009

Today is the day before we leave for our Tennessee Vacation. I have all day off from work but Eva has to work all day. I was all packed and ready to go. I started off the day making breakfast. After I pored a fresh coffee I sat down for one last look through the maps and travel books.

I loaded my luggage in the van early in the day and checked my list so that I would not forget anything. The rest of the day was relaxing. I programmed the GPS unit and then just waited until Eva called to say she was on her way home. I took the beef jerky and granola out of the refrigerator that I made a few days ago and left for Eva’s house.

After arriving at Eva’s house we cleaned out the van, washed the windows and loaded any luggage we were not going to need that night. Eva called her dad to confirm what time we would be leaving for the road. We went to bed early so that we could get up at 2:00a.m.


Saturday March 21, 2009
When that early alarm went off we were both up and going right away. It took lass than an hour to get ready and we were on our way to Eva’s dads Mike to pick him up shortly after 3:00a.m. We were on the road by 3:25 a.m.

Within 2 hours we were through Chicago and on I-65 S in Indiana. Our first stop was just North of Indianapolis at 8:25 a.m. for gas and Coffee. We disused stopping for breakfast but neither one of us was not that hungry yet since we snacked on granola bars. A short way down the road we stopped at a Stuckey’s for a nostalgia pecan log. I remember as a kid on family trips to Nashville we always had to stop at the first Stuckey’s in Indiana for them.

After reaching Indy we took I- 74 East to Cincinnati. Once we reached the Ohio state line I wanted to get a photo and video of the skyline so we pulled over and Eva’s drove so that I could work the cameras. We were following the GPS directions and it directed us onto the bypass I-275 so we never got to see the city but it was a strange trip. Following I-275 4 miles we crossed back into Indiana and we were thinking that we had missed a turn or the GPS is directing us wrong. We stayed the course and drove 3 mile further and then we crossed the Ohio River into Kentucky. In less than 10 miles we traveled through 3 states. It was strange. Once out of the city we stopped at the Cracker Barrel at 11:30.










Crosing Ohio River


After Lunch our next stop is 84 miles away in Lexington, Kentucky. I wanted to stop and see two road side attractions just off the highway. Bondurant's Pharmacy in Lexington, Kentucky is housed in a building shaped like a giant mortar and pestle
http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/528
Dixie Cup Corporation located in Lexington in 1958. At that time, a water tower was constructed in the shape of a Dixie Cup. It was about a 20 minute side trip but we were back on the road soon. Still on I-75 S we stopped in Richmond for gas at 2:29 p.m.