Day 11 September 8, 2025 Owensboro 119 miles
The day was beautiful. The high was about 76 with a little breeze. The sun felt warm and the shade felt cool. This is the first day of the tour. We had a nice breakfast in the hotel. They had a lemon poppyseed scone that was really delicious. Rob ate Connie’s share. We asked the staff who made them for a recipe. Unfortunately the food supply service brings them. Most likely no way to get a recipe. Oh darn.
We start out at 9 am headed for the coffee and donut break. These are usually mid morning. This one was only 15 minutes later. We drove on some county roads through the farmland. Still lots of corn and whatever that other crop is. You know the one we think might be peanuts.
About 11:00 we arrived at the John James Audubon State Park. The grounds driving in are covered with trees. Parking lots are scattered all over the grounds. Those with handicap stickers could park up near the museum. The rest of the cars were to park further down the road. They do provide a shuttle bus thankfully. We rode that up to the sidewalk leading to the museum. It is a beautiful building built in a French style by the CCC and WPA. We entered the museum then watched a couple of videos about John James Audubon and how the museum came to be. Then we looked through the museum itself. His work is beautiful and its wonderful that it is being preserved.
We go a short distance to our lunch location. Lunch was chicken wraps, homemade potato chips and lettuce salad. It’s good that the crowd straggled in. They were not well set up for the number of folks in our group. The staff made adjustments and soon people were searching for places to sit and eat.
Then we drove through more of the area for about an hour to get to a farm market and ice cream. They had fresh vegetables, jams, sauces, pickled vegetables and fudge. Then on the side of the building they had ice cream. This was optional so the cost wasn’t included. Two scoops of ice cream was $4.99. We had a short wait but when we left the line was really long. As usual, timing is everything.
Another hour long drive to return to Owensboro. We stopped for gas and then at Harbor Freight. Harbor Freight is kind of like a fabric store, they are hard to pass. We were back to the hotel about 5:15.
Rob adjusted the brakes in the parking lot. He had lots of advisers.
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