Vacation in KY (Benton, Union, Fulton: high school, restaurant, places to eat)

[Rapunzll]

I'd suggest the Shaker Village at Pleasant Grove. It's really interesting as well as beautiful Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill | Kentucky Hotels Lodging & Inn At Shaker Village | Pleasant Hill KY

Also, if you like arts and crafts, Berea is wonderful! Berea! The Folk Arts & Crafts Capital of Kentucky

[saagmom]

Wow, I am so embarassed. I wasn't getting any notifications that people were posting in this thread, so I thought nobody was. I am very sorry I didn't get back to you sooner. I love your ideas and I will be taking the time to map and research each one.

Thank you soooo much!!

[saagmom]

Originally Posted by tomocox

You say "we" please advise who "we" are in the form of number of children and their ages. Don't want to suggest you go where pre-schoolers might be excited, but teenagers would be bored beyond belief.

Thank you tom for asking, this is a very big point. There will be 6 of us, me and my husband and our four kids aged 6 through 15.

[saagmom]

Originally Posted by dixiegirl7

This is a great list of things to do. When you are in the Mammoth Cave area you could drive about 30 miles south and tour the Corvette Museum. They also conduct tours of the Corvette assembly plant. The only place where Corvettes are made in the world.

The Corvette Musuem sounds awesome. I have two boys that would be absolutely thrilled to see it. And they have a tour of the assembly plant? How awesome is that? I think my husband would love that.

[Wildcat]

I'm not sure which part of Kentucky you want to visit but if you want to take a day and spend it in the southern area south of Lexington there is a wonderful place in Stearns, KY you might want to check out. They have the Big South Fork Scenic Railway which is a wonderful experience for all ages! The train takes you through 16 miles of beautiful landscape and is something I would suggest to everybody. We thoroughly enjoyed it and want to go back!

You also have Cumberland Falls in that same area. It's the only waterfall in Kentucky which has a moonbow during a full moon......very nice. That whole area down there is part of the Daniel Boone National Forest and the scenery is just wonderful.

[tomocox]

If I had the time... I would start at Hickman (far far southwest Kentucky), follow KY 80 (take 2 days), see the Land between the Lakes, then to Bowling Green for the Corvette Museum & Mammoth Cave, then across the lower tier of counties to Hazard and the Kentucky mountains. From Hazard, I would head up to Ashland, then take the AA highway to Mason County and Washington, then to Newport, see the aquarium, turn south to Lexington and the Bluegrass, then back west along US 60 to Frankfort, Shelbyville, into Louisville, (lots there), then follow US 60 to Ft Knox and Patton Museum, then US 60 to Owensboro (have some bbq, mutton is local favorite at Moonlite if Democrat, Old Hickory if Republican) then on down US 60 through Henderson (stop at John James Audubon Museum), and from Henderson take US 60 through some of the prettiest farm country (Amish in Crittenden County still use only real horse power in the fields), then back across the rivers into Paducah, and either exit to Cairo, IL or back southwest to Hickman. It's a dream week.

[Davart]

I would start at Hickman

What are you trying to do ... depress them? (Hickman does have a few bright spots.)

I'd start in Paducah or Wickliffe and see the anti-climatic Wickliffe Mounds State Park then to the Grand Rivers (Pattie's 1880's settlement - fantastic food) and take the Trace down to Golden Pond (LBL Welcome Center) and then head to Cadiz (Lots-o-antiques), Hop-town (Get a Horseshoe Burger or Farrell's if you're brave.), Elkton (Amish Country near Trenton), Russellville (Shaker stuff near Auburn), BG, etc etc

You can take HWY 80 completely across the state

[saagmom]

I would like to try to see as much of it as possible, and of course, as inexpensive as possible. I have copied the links everyone has posted and when I get a little more time, I am going to research the sites posted.

Just out of curiousity, when I look at a map of KY, there is a green road down by Glasgow. Is that a toll road?

[Davart]

Originally Posted by saagmom

I would like to try to see as much of it as possible, and of course, as inexpensive as possible. I have copied the links everyone has posted and when I get a little more time, I am going to research the sites posted.

Just out of curiousity, when I look at a map of KY, there is a green road down by Glasgow. Is that a toll road?

That's the Cumberland Parkway it's a Toll road and it's not much like $2.00 or so from end to end. I'm not sure of the exact amount but it's not much, it's not like those northern Toll Roads that cost $50.

[censusdata]

Originally Posted by Davart

That's the Cumberland Parkway it's a Toll road and it's not much like $2.00 or so from end to end. I'm not sure of the exact amount but it's not much, it's not like those northern Toll Roads that cost $50.

Not anymore. All tolls were removed a couple of years ago- the same happened with the Natcher Pky