Judy and Maddy were on the trail to the former location of the Boundary Oak at Sinking Spring Farm, the birthplace of Abraham Lincoln. The Boundary Oak was 28 years old before Lincoln was born in 1809 and lived to be about 200 years old. The historic tree died about 40 years ago and was cut down about 20 years ago. Maybe we could find the stump of that great tree. This is the trail, and I took their picture as they began their journey. But the trail was a loop and ended where it began. And any remains of the tree was likely to Judy and Maddy's right where they posed for the photo. It was fun anyway.

The big rivers of our nation require bridges. The interstate 65 bridge crossing the Ohio at Louisville has been an ambitious project that I crossed many times in the past 4 years and now it is nearing completion. But the fun bridge is the former railway bridge that has been converted for pedestrian use. Including the north and south ramps, it is a mile long. Fun place to walk, skate, or ride your bike and see the new bridge nearing completion.

Don't make a mistake and park in the wrong spot. My red Ford Taurus didn't quite blend in with the dozen or so Corvettes that were parked outside the Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky. I worked for a Chevrolet dealer in Grandview, Missouri the summer before my senior year in high school and got to drive a number of Corvettes. I never got to own one. But I know I can drive one. Maybe there will be Corvettes in heaven.

I have volunteered to do a presentation for my photography group on macro photography. I have a ton of examples but I noticed the magnolia tree in our yard this morning. And as I approached to make an image, this bee was also interested. So we both got what we wanted.

Visitors to the Louisville Slugger Museum and Factory can pose with bats used by famous players. Maddy chose the one used by Chicago Cubs star Ron Santo because her dad is a Cubs fan. She has a new stance that looks a bit unorthodox with her lead foot further from the plate but is helping her to hit with power.

Just on the north side of Clarksville, Indiana, there is a retail concrete business on the west side of Interstate 65. On our trips from Nashville to Columbia City, Indiana, we would drive right past and one can't help but notice the concrete hippo and giant rooster and hundreds (maybe thousands) of other concrete statues. So on our trip last week to the Louisville area with Maddy, I told her that one place was going to be a surprise: someplace that she would always want to stop even if she didn't know it. Well, I have always wanted to stop. And I wasn't disappointed by the Concrete Kingdom. (They even ship to your door).

We roamed the fossil beds at the Falls of the Ohio on the Indiana side of the Ohio River, just west of downtown Louisville. The fossil beds date from 387 million years ago, and this photo shows an example of the one of the many shell fossils. This one may be a brachiopod. I am certainly no expert, and just guessing at the identification. We were astounded to see such a large number of fossils on the banks of the Ohio River.

Maddy's first Coke at a soda fountain in the 125 year old Schimpff's Candy Store in downtown Jeffersonville, Indiana (just across the Ohio River from Louisville. This delightful place was a serendipity on a two day trip with Maddy to Louisville. We packed a lot of fun in a short amount of time.