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Pictures of the Week – Friday, May 18th

The past week has taken us from Gettysburg, PA, to Lansing, MI…with many stops to see family and friends along the way. Six friends in four different cities in seven days to be exact! Plus six new dogs for Knox to frolic with, three cats to chase, and two children to terrify him (kids are very scary to our pup!).

Don’t worry though; our pictures of the week are not just a photo montage of the people we saw. We also got to see some incredible sites along our route! Here are the pictures that we liked the most in the past seven days.

Gettysburg

We woke up last Friday in a tiny motel in Gettysburg, PA, just a few miles away from Gettysburg National Military Park. Since Edie loves Civil War history (thanks, Mr. Karem!), we had to make at least a quick stop at the battlefield so she could see the sites she’d read about.

There are many monuments & statues erected in the battlefields. One in particular caught our eye in …

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April 2012 Costs

Our 6th month on the road has come and gone. April saw us cover a lot of ground, from our HelpX in Southwest Colorado all the way back to our hometown of Louisville, KY with an overnight in Tulsa, over a week in Arkansas, a few days in Table Rock State Park, MO, some time at Kentucky Lake, a trip to Owensboro for BBQ, our first visit to Mammoth Cave National Park, and finally for a weekend at The National Cornbread Festival.

Our Monthly Costs

Camping: $340
Hotels: $212
Groceries: $536
Eating Out: $285
Gas: $775 (~4120 Miles)
Entertainment: $89
Laundry: $33
Propane: $22
Misc: $948
Total: $3,240

Breaking It Down

Hotels vs. Camping
Unlike March, we actually had to pay for some of our lodging this month. We spent 6 nights camping at Petit Jean State Park in Arkansas, followed by 3 nights at Table Rock State Park in Missouri, 3 nights at Kentucky Lake, and 3 nights at Mammoth Cave. We actually camped half of the month.

Beyond that, we did spend a few nights in hotels, but had 2 free nights …

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Pictures of the Week – Friday, May 11th

Up until Thursday of this past week, we were still enjoying a visit with family and friends in Louisville, Kentucky. We all had a wonderful & BUSY time in our hometown – Derby festivities, family gatherings and lots of errand running! Alas, that visit has come to an end.

We are now back on the road, making our way to Alaska…by way of Philadelphia, PA. You know, because it is on the way and all.

Here are the pictures we liked the best from this past week.

Flower Power

As we mentioned last week, Edie’s Mom is quite the gardener. Summertime is a great place to visit her yard because of all the veggies & herbs she grows (seriously, she was practically our personal CSA last summer!), but springtime brings a beautiful array of flowers.

Edie grabbed this shot one evening of one of her Mom’s roses. We might have helped out the shot a little with a spritz of water, but natural or enhanced, we still think it is pretty cool. [Diane F., …

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The National Cornbread Festival (South Pittsburg, TN)

Back in October, we found ourselves in southern TN for a weekend trip to Pinhook Plantation House B&B. Scott was really jonesing for a cast-iron Dutch oven, so on the way to Calhoun, we swung through South Pittsburg, TN to visit the Lodge Factory Outlet and get that much needed cooking vessel.

While we were checking out, we saw a flier advertising The 16th Annual National Cornbread Festival. Given Scott’s love of cornbread, there was no question that we were going to find a way to make it there. It didn’t take us long to do the math and figure out that the National Cornbread Festival was the weekend before The Kentucky Derby, which we already had plans to be home for. Sometimes things are just meant to be.

What Is The National Cornbread Festival?

The National Cornbread Festival is your basic street fair, complete with art booths, cook-offs, food sampling, fair food, live music, and a beauty pageant. The Festival is good old fashioned American entrepreneurism at its finest. Back before the start of the festival 16 years ago, a bypass was built around South Pittsburg, taking customers away from the small town of …

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Jellystone Park Campground (Cave City, KY)

After two great barbecue stops in Owensboro, KY in as many days (Moonlite Bar-B-Q Inn and Old Hickory), we went to Mammoth Cave National Park to do some more camping and see the cave that neither of us had ever been to.

We decided to camp at Jellystone Park just a couple miles down the road from Mammoth Cave. They also have cabins and bunkhouses available for rent. Lucky for us, we didn’t need to use our bear spray. Then again, we didn’t leave any pic-a-nic baskets laying around.

The Storm

We did get hit with a severe storm around 4am one morning that sent us from our tent to the truck to ride it out. The tent survived just fine, though a tad wet. The pop-up canopy on the other hand…not so much. It ended up in the dumpster after the first 10 seconds of wind twisted it around the bed of our truck. Luckily, other than a little white paint from the leg, the truck took no damage.

We initially thought the canopy survived too, but one of the legs was broken and two other …

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