Knocking on Knoxville's Door Part II






I convinced my folks to drive out to my brother Chris's   house by Trenton to meet Ed instead of having Ed drive down to Cape May! As I said in the previous entry, Ed explained  in an email he wanted to do some sightseeing on the way down to Knoxville. I was a b it concerned ' a long four day car ride wouldn't be good for my back, but I figured I would give it a try.  Some of the members of the license plate group are also members of the Extra Miler Club which is a group of folks that try to visit every county in the United States. There's a website called mob-rule.com which allows you to keep track of how many counties you visited.  I have been trying to keep up and remember all of my travels. Ed mapped out our route to maximize the number of counties we could complete between New Jersey and Tennessee. That's why you see we dipped into Ohio and Indiana which were also two new states under my belt.  The back roads were windy  but it was definitely worth it and the entire time I keep thinking to myself, "I'll never have this chance in my life again" So I just sat back and enjoyed the ride. While we mainly took highways from PA out to OH, by the time we got to Kentucky we traveled all through the rolling hills. We tasting some fine Kentucky bourbon, toured a horse farm and just enjoy each other'a company as friends. \

One of the definite more somber moments of the trip was a visit to Abraham Lincoln's Birthplace in  Hodgenville, Kentucky, the county  seat of La Rue County. Yes I climbed all fifty-six steps, one for every year of his life, without a lot of assistance. It was definitely an accomplishment after sitting the the car for what seemed forever.  I found out more about him than I ever did in school and gained a knew appreciation for a man I already admired. d and I had some bumps in the road sort to speak , m y phone mysteriously decided to die the first night of our trip!! !




Read Part I
Location: 2995 Lincoln Farm Road Hodgenville, KY 42748

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