January and February seem to be the month for trips this year. Two co-workers of mine are in Chile (for work), Mic & Kent are in Calgary, Laura & Matt are in Calgary and Scott and I are planning a trip. finally.
Scott and I have not gone away since our honeymoon to Costa Rica last November (2007) and are in desperate need of a trip. As many of you know we are farmers, Scott loves farming and he wanted to be a farmer since he was 3. Scott really wants to go to the National Farm Machinery Show in Louisville, Kentucky in early February, so we decided to make it into a trip! I’m getting really excited for it and started planning details last night.
We are planning on driving there Feb 11, and staying in Louisville until the 15th! Which means we are away for Valentines Day, how romantic… lol. We plan to go to the show for 2 days (apparently it’s a fairly large show), go to Churchill Downs and the Kentucky Derby Museum, and of course I want to go shopping and go to the Science Centre! It’s probably not the kind of trip many of you would be interested to go on but I think it’s going to be a great time. I’m also excited to stay in a hotel, I love staying in hotels and we booked a pretty nice one in downtown Louisville.
Does anyone know of anything else that we could do in Louisville? Any great places to eat?
and since I am incapable of posting without a picture here are 2 pictures of farming. One taken at our barn during harvest and the other taken at my work during silage harvest.
Ooh, Kentucky. What an interesting choice!
You can drink lots of Bourbon and Mint Juleps. And I’d be willing to bet there will be lots of country music to which you can listen:) Have fun!
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You should check you the belle of Louisville: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belle_of_Louisville
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisville,_Kentucky – for a lot more info on Louisville.
I hope you have a great trip! I wish i could get away!
Don’t forget to call it Loo-UH-Vull!
That sounds like an awesome little trip! Don’t you just love booking a trip and then getting to google search it all the time?? Almost as good as the trip itself
Have fun!!
I’ve always wanted to go around there in the states! We’ve been a lot of other places though.
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Sounds like a lot of fun Kate! Can’t wait to see pictures. Have a safe trip.
Julia- Good thing I love country music. I don’t think I’ve ever tried Bourbon I guess I’ll have to try it.
Jamie- Thanks for the info!
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Yess, AND it’s your first big trip with your camera, right?
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we accidentally got lost in kentucky on the way home from tennessee and the backroad country side was absolutely gorgeous, so just make sure you make a few wrong turns!
oh and just so you know i feel hella-special that you mentioned me in the blog.
Lauren- YES it’s my first big trip with my camera! Can’t wait for the photo opportunities.
Laura- Don’t you worry Scott plans on exploring many back roads, he wants to see lots of horse farms and stop in and see the horses. He has been looking at Google World and zooming in on the farms! haha
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I’ve always heard great things about the scene in Louisville! I have some friends who grew up there, and they’ve always said it has a good balance of country life and city culture.
Also, as a fairly recent reader, I didn’t know you were a farmer! I’ve always wanted to have a farm with lots of goats.
Never been – when I think of Louisville I just think of Initial Records (they used to be my favourite record label when I was into hard core punk music back in my glory days as a teenager.)
But I absolutely LOVE entering into a different sub-culture and visiting a new city. I’m sure you’ll have a great time.
What kind of farm do you have? I see corn..
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Oh my gosh. I SO want to come visit your farm. It is beautiful!
Have fun on your vacation
They are much needed.
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Saver: We have pigs and crops. At that barn we have corn. But we also grow wheat, edible beans and (this year) sweet corn!
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I hope you had an amazing trip away, as you should be home by now and I am leaving again! Even though we missed our flight and are stuck in T.O. all night!! By the way I love your work picture — THATS ME!!!