woods, actual woods

After spending the day in Kentucky we decided to lay low and just find some quiet space. It really was as simple as walking out of the cabin and into the woods

that, right there is a frozen lake. I am serious!!!

Ohmygawd

2 kids on a frozen lake

such a novelty

look mum it's frozen

almost as incredible as the ice were these leaves. brown crunchy leaves

I love it when the trees are bare or nekkid as I call them. It offers so much hope for whats ahead. 

gah

I love this

it wasn't the easiest walk as there were these mammoth holes everywhere, I forget what their proper name is but some went over my head

empty

full. lol

we walked this in the dark one night oblivious too all these holes. 

crazy happy and free

marching off to parts unknown

tall and nekkid

those little irridescent blobs were all over the property. At night the place looked like a fairy land

I love all the colours and forms

to you it's a dead branch, the only ones we see are during hurricane season....this is epic.

I could have stayed forever

kentucky

The girls and I have a massive world map on the wall upstairs and each and every time we visit somewhere new we put a sticker on the new country or in this case, State. When I was planning the trip one of the reasons I chose Tn was because we have never been before. When I looked at the map I realised that we would be just a 30 minute drive to Kentucky....SCORE. We haven't been there either so it made sense to cross the State line or as Rosie says, the border.

In my head we would get up nice and early and drive to Bowling Green but I think the cold was making for some very tired girls and they didn't wake up until 10. The idea of a vacay is to rest and relax so I wasn't about to shake them awake and hurry them along.

Once the girls were up we headed to parts unknown. I just plug an address or area into Waze and off we go. We exited the highway and within feet of where we got off was, Churchill Downs, home of the Kentucky Derby. I was flabbergasted and obviously quite impressed by the sight in front of me however it came as such a surprise that I failed to take even ONE photo. Duh. It's quite a magnificent place.

Our destination was Bowling Green. Why? I have no idea other than it was the closest big city to where we were. Turns out there was lots to do so after lunch we headed to Lost River Caves. BUT IT WAS SUPER COLD. I like cold weather but I couldn't keep my hands warm, turns out I completely forgot to take handwarmers and didn't even realise until we got home. We braved it for a while as it was gorgeous and the gift shop there was outstanding.

I found us a house but it desperately needs my stamp, it's so cookie cutter

we were in heaven it is gorgeous there. 

please excuse my dogs behind she was done with photos

happy girl

love

wide open spaces....sigh

on a rock and a shadow

gorgy

we had a fantastic day we really did. It was 8℉ without the wind so after being outside for hours we headed back to the car and back to Tennessee. Hot chocolate was in order for the girls.

a bare tree. LOVE

so many decrepit properties

somehow it is beautiful

the sun shone the entire time

frozen

we crossed this bridge all the time but I was always driving and couldn't get a photo

photo cred, Rosie

it looks so cold

we went back to to Tn for dinner. It is so peculiar to be able to drive from State to State so easily because we are so far down in to our state that it takes almost 7 hours to escape.

Nashville

I had a preconceived notion that Tennessee would be a State filled with Hill Billies and Rednecks. Dueling banjo kind of stuff!! I was wrong, oh so wrong. As much as I am sure it is possible to find the theme song from Duelling Banjos playing in certain areas the general rule is that this is not the case. Nashville is a fun town with so much to do, loads of culture and if you are into it a big bar scene. Oddly the girls and Luna weren't to interested in the bars.


It was another cold cold day but we were dressed for it and headed out to see what we could find. We knew there were some cities we wanted to visit but other than that we free flowed with our plans hourly.

We knew that the first thing we had to do was find somewhere to let Luna run, off her lead.

i'm free

faux sheepskin keeping her scrawny self warm

such a gorgeous sunny day

run!

I'm gonna get you

Toro, Toro

smiley girl

sweet

From 3 Cities Dog Park we headed off into Nashville. We took the scenic route and it was just gorgeous, I truly miss the country side and big open sky.

Looking straight down Broadway

In Miami if its old it gets knocked down. I love old buildings and architecture

Rhythm....I expected nothing less in the home of country music

taken from the car as we drove passed

it looks cold out there

A movement to support all that is free and good in the world. Everyone should be free to make their own choices.

my view in the rear view!

tea time...well according to the church clock

some examples of the artwork outisde the FRIST

just cheerful and I loved it

the Nashville dog walker

so much to do and see

Once it started to get dark we headed back to the cabin.

A certsin hound, found it fabulous that she got to come with us everywhere we went. She seemed to think that meant haging out on the bed too.....she was wrong.

the entire area was filled with fairy lights and little lights like this. they all came on once it was dark.

Once you drove down the driveway you were greeted by 1,000s of tiny lights. we soon discovered that lots of them were actually glow in the dark paint....so clever. Tomorrow, Kentucky.