Today drove from Grayson Lake, Kentucky to Mammoth Caves National Park, Kentucky. On the we we visited Lincoln's Boyhood Home, the Lincoln Museum, and Lincoln's Birthplace.
We had a little rain at Grayson Lake the night before. But the morning was warm and bright. We hung things out to dry as much as we could while we packed up.
We left Grayson Lake and headed to our first stop, Lincoln's Boyhood home. The Boyhood home is a small cabin with a single ranger that directs you to Lincoln's Birthplace Memorial and the Lincoln Museum in Hodgenville.
Hodgenville is very proud that Lincoln came from Kentucky. Everything in Hodgenville bears Lincoln's name. The Lincoln Museum is a nice small local Museum. It has displays of scene's from various parts of Lincoln's history from his birthplace up to Ford's Theatre.
From Hodgenville, it's a quick drive up the road to Lincoln's Birthplace Memorial. A large memorial building has been constructed with the symbolic birthplace cabin inside the memorial.
It's quite late and we are all starving for lunch. We pull up a nice patch of grass and have some lunch before heading off to Mammoth Caves.
After lunch, we drive some more to Mammoth Caves National Park. It's late again and the ranger isn't around so we find a nice spot near the bathrooms and setup camp. No electricity for two nights, so I fired up the generator to get everything charged while we had some dinner.
Tomorrow we visit Mammoth Caves.
9 hours travel time for 248 miles.
