5/11/21- our journey has begun and we are ready!
Trees in the shower for Jen and Nate! 
Freezer full for dinners
We were shooting for a departure time of 8am and surprisingly able to get out of town by 8:20 am. We left with sunny skies and promise of some great days ahead.
A pretty uneventful day of driving and some overcast skies but no real rain was encountered today. We headed west in PA and near Altoona, we headed south towards Cumberland, Maryland on route 220. Even with the overcast skies, the mountains were stunning, a highly recommended route for some amazing scenery.
After a beautiful day of driving, we landed at Lamberts Vintage Wines
which is part of the Harvest Hosts network. We arrived in time for a tasting and tour of this magnificent winery/event space.
Lamberts vintage wines 
Wedding chapel 
First sunset of the trip
5/12/21- headed to Bardstown, Kentucky for 3 nights. Joe is meeting us there so he and Paul can do some bourbon tastings. The drive today was amazingly gorgeous.
Close your eyes and imagine the most beautiful blue skies dotted with white cumulus clouds set against the bright green leaves of newly budded trees on the mountainside… really, close your eyes because a picture on this blog doesn’t do it justice! That was our drive today… beautiful blue skies and mountains of West Virginia.
My comedic challenge for the day was when Paul said “I could go for a cinnamon roll and a hot cup of coffee”. We were about an hour into the day’s drive and too early to stop so I offered to make a toasted cinnamon bagel and coffee… in the RV… while rolling up and around the mountains.. on a VERY bumpy interstate. I am not kidding, it was a challenge! Heating water on the propane stove while defrosting the bagel next to the flame. Once the coffee was ready and in his hand I toasted the bagel in butter on the stove watching the pan bounce with the road. The discovery today was that I can sit on the dinette bench and safely hold the pan on the stove. Warm and toasty bagel coming up. All in a days work to keep the driver happy 😀!
We landed at My Old Kentucky Home State Park campground. A small campground but well attended and perfectly located near many bourbon distilleries.
