We just spent a few days in Kentucky and enjoyed a nice variety of things. The scenery in southern Kentucky is beautiful and if you like winding roads they have plenty of them! Too bad we were not in a sports car! We stopped off in Bowling Green for Mike to visit the National Corvette Museum and also another History Museum, and to drink some White Squirrel microbrewed beer. Then headed further south while following a quilt barn trail for me to enjoy, and ended up in Barren River State Park to relax for a couple of days.
Didn't see a lot of birds, but saw lots of butterflies. Several times we found a bunch that were gathered in wet areas with minerals or other attractions such as food or bird poop.
Saw quite a few of these Admirals during the time we were there.
I didn't look this up but think it is the Hackberry Emperor opened up. I don't usually get to see that view!
This was a whole bunch enjoying the puddles along the side of a road near a ford over the water.
A Tiger Swallowtail
Didn't look these up yet...Checkerspots maybe?....and a little Hairstreak at the lower left.
Someone tossed a melon rind in the yard outside our window at the Inn in the park and it was attracting all sorts of butterflies.
A Comma or Question Mark on the left, a Hackberry and a Harvester spider?
the Hackberrty and the Question Mark
3 Silver Spotted Skippers with an Admiral
The melon also attracted this fat Woodchuck each afternoon we were there and he did not like the butterfly that kept landing on his nose :-) Hackberry butterflies are very friendly.
He did like the melon, however.
I brought him a biscuit from breakfast one morning and a few chunks of melon.
Gray Squirrel hiding nuts.
There were several Starlings that seemed to have white heads?
Vulture in the tree.
Have to include at least one shot of the beautiful scenery.
I liked the reflections
Interesting round hole area in the rocks
Some fishermen enjoying the day
Fort William , which is surrounded on all sides by a large cemetery.
Mike and the cannon
One of the strangest grave monuments I have ever seen....this lady in a chair sitting way up high on a tall monument!
At the old Mulkey Meetinghouse site we saw the grave of Hannah Boone.
There were many Revolutionary war monuments in this little cemetery. I always enjoy wandering around cemeteries for some reason.
I guess I should include at least one Corvette from the museum! I liked this one.
Mike really likes the yellow.
The most interesting exhibit was about the sinkhole that opened up under the floor of the museum in 2014 and 8 Corvettes were sucked in. They had neat videos and information about how they got them back out. 4 were not restorable....like this one :-(
They just happen to have an exhibit on Indy cars while we were there, so that was a bonus! This one is the same age as Mike and I :-)
