Cachin' in Nashville

Jason has been trying to complete a very difficult geocaching challenge for the last 5 months or so. There have only been 2 Louisville-area cachers who have completed it and he is determined to be #3. To get the final requirements, he needed to go to Nashville.

On the way down, he stopped in Park City, KY to visit "Bell's Tavern" which is a very large structure burned shortly before the Civil War. The place is immense and quite impressive.

The first series of caches could only be accessed from the Columbia River. The first one was an old Victorian-era water tower which had a cache at the top.

The second cache was the original entrance to Andrew Jackson's first house in Nashville. It's a river-accessible tunnel that is about 200 feet long and "L's" to the right after 150 feet. The tunnel empties out into a sinkhole-type area with a stairway that led to the original house. The cache was under one of the stairs. Needless to say, the area was quite creepy but the site was pretty awesome also.

The next day was spent boating and hiking up and down the Stone's River which was followed by a visit to the Stone's River Civil War battlefield. All-in-all, it was a fairly exhausting trip, but quite successful and a lot of fun!

Creation Musuem

Yesterday we went to the Creation Museum in Northern Kentucky. We were trying to beat the heat and we really had a great time. They have a planetarium there, several movie theaters (one that rains!), amazing exhibits, beautiful gardens and a petting zoo. They really spared no expense and it is first class. It was kind of a shock to the system to be in a museum that actually presents what I believe. Instead of having to overlook mention of evolution and the world being billions of years old - we could just enjoy hearing about the wonder of God's creation! I would highly recommend it! Here is a link to their site: http://www.creationmuseum.org/

Canoe Trip

We planned a big Geocaching Canoe trip for the holiday weekend. There was a cache on an island that Jason needed to get and we love to canoe - so it seemed like a great plan! The only problem was - the cache was 2 miles upstream from the put in point. So, our grand plan was for Ken and Jason to head UPSTREAM and me and Chase to go downstream - they would get the cache and then catch up with us. Well, in all the excitement, I only got these 2 pictures. They couldn't find the cache and Chase and I really impressed them by rowing the entire 7 miles by ourselves! They never caught us. Chase says he is ready for White Water rafting now!

July 4th Cookout

We celebrated Independance Day with a cookout at my mom's followed by a fireworks display at Ken and Steph's house. I don't have pics of the fireworks (mucho grande, anyone?) but I do have pics of the daytime activities:

Livin' Large in Mexico

On 30 June through 2 July, Jason was again sent to Mexico to work with some suppliers. This time it was Monterrey which is about 3 hours SW of Brownsville, TX. Monterrey is known for several things such as being the site of a significant battle of the Mexican War. It's also known for "cabrito" which is "baby goat" and considered a specialty in the city. Of course, Jason couldn't pass up on this dish, so here he is with a coworker in front of the "King of Cabrito" restaurant.