After leaving Mammoth Cave, we headed up towards Henderson, which is on the border of Indiana and Kentucky. We stayed at the John Audubon State Park. This park was named after the famous French American of which the Audubon Society gets its' name. This park was where he began his study and drawings of the many types of birds in this area. We enjoyed this park very much. It has walking trails and a golf course. Henderson is on the Kentucky side and Evansville is on the Indiana side. We explored both cities and found Evansville to be the more interesting....
If you are in this area of Kentucky, this is a beautiful park with a museum and lots of hiking trails....
Henderson, Kentucky is on one side of this bridge and Evansville, Indiana is on the other. The bridge spans the Ohio River.
It is often asked, "Are all fisherman liars, or do only liars fish?" Well, this one got away....
After visiting the areas wineries, I spied this fella walking down the middle of the road, martini in his trunk. So, naturally, I snapped his picture....
A partridge in a pear tree? No, two peacocks on a fence trying to figure out what I was doing in their neighborhood.
The above pictures were taken at the nursery of J. Hipp in Evansville. Besides selling plants and stuff, he had an eclectic collection of rather large concrete animals.
We spotted this collection of airplanes in a guys backyard off of Hwy 64 and returned to get a closer look. Since it was late in the day, we didn't want to disturb the occupants so we photographed them from a field next door. He obviously liked World War II planes....
Looking for furniture? These gigantic chairs are in front of Furniture Row off Hwy 164 in Evansville.
This was the Vandenburgh County Courthouse, built in 1888. It was closed when we were there and appears to be undergoing renovations. It encompasses an entire city block with each side encrusted with sculptures and stone carvings. Cost for construction was $379,000 in 1888, about $78 million in today's dollars. It is listed on the National Registry of Historical Places.
Across the street from the courthouse shown above, this castle like structure was the Sheriff's residence and jail. Like the courthouse, it was constructed in 1890 and was connected to the courthouse by means of a tunnel that was used to bring prisoners across the street for trial.
We left Kentucky, one of my favorite States, and headed north to our next stop, St. Louis, Mo. Indiana Hwy 15, more or less parallels Interstate 64 and is less traveled, more scenic and a much slower pace.
Kentucky is a beautiful State in that every home, farm and field is immaculate. We saw pride of ownership everywhere we went. We visited Kentucky Downs and Ellis Park, although we missed the 2013 Wiener Dog races which take place on July 13th and 19th weekends this year....
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