December 9 – 11, 2014: On our way to Louisville, we stopped in Bardstown. We visited Willett Distillery, a small craft bourbon operation that is family-owned and operated, for a distillery tour. The tour guide was really great and the tour also offered a tasting at the end.
December 8 – 9, 2014: Our first stop in Kentucky was at the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green. This stop was in honor of my dad who has a 1969 Corvette.
December 7 – 8, 2014: The typical attractions in Nashville are the Grand Ole Opry and Andrew Jackson’s Hermitage – the oldest preserved presidential home. However, we weren’t very interested in either and headed to downtown Nashville for food and drinks.
December 5 – 7, 2014: We arrived in Memphis on a rainy afternoon and spent the entire afternoon in the National Civil Rights Museum which is located in the former Lorraine Hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. The museum is extremely well done and has a ton of content beginning with slavery and
December 3 – 5, 2014: After crossing the border into Arkansas from Missouri, we stopped around 4:30pm at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. This museum was founded by Sam Walton’s daughter. Sam Walton is the founder of WalMart – not an establishment that I care to support.
December 1 – 3, 2014: We left Colorado amidst a cloud of sadness. Sad to leave our good friends. Sad because we are now heading back east. Back home. It is the beginning of the end our epic 2014 Road Trip.
Check out our actual expenses in November 2014 and see how it compared to our budget.
November 25 – 26, 2014: From Moab, we made our way into Arches National Park after dark and found a campsite in Devils Garden Campground which is at the end of the scenic drive through the park.