KENTUCKY DERBY, CHURCHILL DOWNS, LOUISVILLE, KY

Today we went to Churchill Downs (Kentucky Derby) in Louisville. We paid for a guided tour - very interesting and fun tour. We were finished with that shortly after lunch so we drove through the city center to see some of the downtown area. We then found a scenic route that followed the Ohio River out of town and toward some of the horse ranches/farms. The houses are huge and beautiful but I am happy with our motor home.

I took a bunch of photos of our trip today and yesterday (Huber's Farm/Orchard/Winery) and they are in my "photo gallery".

Louisville, KY

We are in Grand-ma's RV Camping, Shepherdsville, Kentucky which is located 15 miles south of Louisville. We had planned to stay 4 nights but it is such a nice park and good location - and, lots of things to do/see in the area so we decided to stay 7 nights.

A guy here in the park told Royle about a place he thinks we should visit; it sounds like a place we went to in Vermont when the sis' were touring New England with us. This one is called Huber's Winery and Orchard - www.huberwinery.com if you want to check it out. Their website shows they have vegetables, fruits, fresh cider, homemade bread, cheese, ice cream and then, of course, the winery. It is across the State line in Indiana but only about 20-30 miles north of here so we plan to do that today.

As we traveled through Indianapolis and Louisville I took photos from the motor home. When they get uploaded I will put them in photo gallery. The Ohio River runs through Louisville but I only got a picture as we were going over the bridge; I hope to get one from the side to show how long it is.

10/16, pm: I put photos in "photo gallery" of our trip to Huber's Orchard and farm and the photos of skylines for Indianapolis and Louisville. The one here is of the decorated pumpkins at the farm. +

Last Day at White Oaks, IN

This is our last day at this beautiful park. There was a lot of activity on the lake over the weekend - sail boats, fishers in power boats, water skiers and many jet skis.

I took some photos of the beautiful fall colors; colors have changed dramatically in the 10 days we've been here. It has been cool at night and in the 80's during the day.

Check out more fall colors in my photo gallery.

We made reservations for the month of December to stay at Pioneer Beach Resort, Mustang Island, Port Aransas, Texas (Gulf Coast).

WHITE OAKS ON THE LAKE, RV PARK

We are enjoying spending a few days in this beautiful park. We go for walks each morning and then return to get caught up on work inside and outside the coach. Royle is washing the outside and I am getting caught up in waxing the leather and polishing the wood. There is a wonderful little lake community behind us. It dead-ends so it is a quiet place to take our walks. Many new homes being built but still quite a few of the older cottages.

Photos of our RV park and the lake community in my photo gallery - check it out.

MONTICELLO, INDIANA

We decided to stay at this park until the 14th. The park closes for the winter on 10/15. The manager told us they were closing early (usually close the 31st) because they just weren't getting many travelers. I would guess that is a result of the fuel prices.

We don't get very good phone service here - too far from town I guess.

I will be taking more pictures of the park. I took one yesterday when we were sitting in our lawn chairs, relaxing and enjoying the lake. Royle is enjoying his ice cream too.

This is a popular place for week-enders because of the lake activity and the park has several chalets for rent.

MONTICELLO, INDIANA

We left Supreme RV in Elkhart, IN at about 1:45 on Friday and made it to Monticello by 4:30. We have a very nice site close to the lake. We aren't sure yet how long we will be here but probably 5 days as a minimum.

ELKHART, IN

We are still at the Supreme RV Parking lot. The work did not get completed yesterday as we had hoped. After our coach went into the garage this morning we went to breakfast with a very nice couple who are also getting coach work done. Then we went to Wal-Mart and returned as the workers were bringing our coach back out of the garage - around 11 a.m. We were anticipating bad news because we knew they wouldn't be finished so soon. We were told the welder was ill and would not be in to finish his portion of the work. So, we've been sitting around most of the day. This afternoon we went to the Farmer's Market to treat ourselves to homemade ice cream. We have been dry camping for 8 days and we are very anxious to get to a campground. If the welder makes it in tomorrow, we hope to be out of here late Friday or Saturday.