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The Search for Warmth - Part 1

When we left Toronto it was a balmly 0 degrees celsius which was a massive improvement over the bone chilling cold it had been for the few weeks before but one of the many goals for this trip was to seek warmth. With this in mind, we left the drive way and picked up Tim Hortons for the last time in months. The mood was hopeful, that our vehicle and/or the trailer wouldn't fall apart in the first few hundred kilometres (Note: the only other time we drove it was from Coldwater to Kleinburg when we picked it up). 

The initial drive was 10 hours to Louisville, Kentucky. We wanted to get to Nashville but due to some late packing and a lot of house cleaning, a late departure left us at Louisville for the first night. This is the most exciting part, we saw our first GIANT item. I'm looking forward to the world's largest... who cares, Can of Soup, Pop can, whatever GIANT item we can drive out of our way to take a picture with. This was the Louisville GIANT baseball bat at the Louisville Slugger Factory and Museum. It was epic. 

 Next, a quick trip to the site of the Kentucky derby - Churchill Downs. If you want to keep track at home, we have now logged 2 gift shop visits for a grand total of an hour and a half. More gift shops to come. 

 We reached our Harvest Host at Nashville. These are people that open up their property for RV vehicles to camp on their property. This was Fantastic Beiling farm - a farm property with al pacas, goats, ducks, doves, a donkey and more. The girls killed it in their first opportunity to milk a goat. Gen has been milked before but this was her first opportunity to milk another creature. 

 We went into Nashville to watch some live music and tour up and down Broadway with the colourful array of neon lights. 


 The night was bitterly cold but our propane furnace kept a little bit of warmth in the trailer. I did a pretty poor job of replacing our blown out windows which helped but was far from perfect. The next morning on our way out of town, we visited the replica of the Parthenon that they have in a beautiful park in east Nashville. The kids enjoyed the play structure - I think in many ways this trip is a tour of US play structures for the kids.

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  1. Veta G.April 2, 2022 at 6:21 PM

    Great memories for the family. The children will always remember this awesome adventure. Hi John! We missed you and think about you. Have fun with your family. Love the pics.

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