Renfro Valley is about 25 miles south of us, then another 15 miles to Lexington. To me that's certainly doable.

From you to Lexington is 5 hours, give or take.

If you do come, plan on staying over on Saturday, and we'll get together somewhere.

Renfro Valley is about 25 miles south of us, then another 15 miles to Lexington. To me that's certainly doable.

From you to Lexington is 5 hours, give or take.

If you do come, plan on staying over on Saturday, and we'll get together somewhere. Maybe Roger Postley (the tomato guy) and his wife will join us as well.

Sounds terrific, now I have got to try & get that Sat. off from work as it is my on weekend.

And we will most assuredley make a point of getting together Sat. after the Festival, I will be so happy to get to meet you & Barb in person!

Also I will bring "one" of my tomatoes to share! LOL

One thing we won't need is another tomato. There will be 25-30 heirloom varieties on site for tasting.

Be sure and bring some zip locks, and I'll teach you how to collect tomato seed in the field.

Don't know if it showed up when you were searching out KOAs, but Renfrew Valley is Kentucky's version of the Grand Ol' Opry. We're not into country music, so I don't know if anything is going on that weekend. But it would be a good idea to get your reservation in pronto, just in case.

On Sunday, if you haven't been, you might want to detour to Cumberland Gap. It'll be a couple of hours out of your way, but well worth doing.

In light of the geology lessons going on on the other thread, something to keep in mind: Middlesboro, which is the town on the Kentucky side of the gap, sits in the middle of a meteor crater. The swimming pool at the Y actually markes the epicenter of the hit.

In the Hiking Kentucky book, I make reference to the Wilderness Road being restored. That work has been completed, and you can now walk on the same road that carried settlers westward as it looked in 1815.

All in all, a great place to visit.

Sounds terrific, I am thinking I will need the following Mon. off.....gosh I hope school isn't back in, I forgot about that. I love summer vacation, I get to sleep in and no hurried mornings hustling to get little one ready & delivered to the school! And I dread it starting up again so soon, when I was growing up summer vacation was 3 months, now they are lucky to get 2 months!

I would really like an entire week in KY, with all you've just mentioned I would be in heaven!!!

I called my Mom last night to inquire about my Grandfather, he always spoke of the Hotel he Managed up North (we're from Miami) and I thought he said Bowling Green, Ky. Well turns out it was Blowing Rock, NC where he worked all season according to my Mom. I was disappointed as I was hopeful that we could one day visit KY and stay in the very hotel
"G-dad" had worked at all those years! Oh well my memory is shaky sometimes at best. LOL

P.S. I will bring baggies, it will be nice to know how to gather seeds!