This is my account of my trip to Kentucky … if you actually read this massive entry I will be freaking amazed!

Thursday:

My flight landed in TN at about 10 where I met Jenn & her Dad at the baggage claim then we made the long drive to Jenn’s town in KY while it started raining .. mostly sprinkling though. When we got to Jenn’s house we pretty much just dropped off my stuff and headed back out. We stopped by her Mom’s work so I could finally say hi then we hit up Taco Bell because we were ready to chew off our own hands (and they failed epically! A chicken quesadilla is NOT a steak one .. I’m just sayin’). We actually took our lunch to the Taboo Brother’s tattoo shop and munched while our stencils were being made and then I convinced Jenn that she should go first to get her Care Bear heart tattoo on her foot. She made the craziest faces because it hurt then it was my turn .. it hurt but it was over pretty quick.

Afterwards we ran to Wally World to get snacks & munchies because we figured that we were going to be staying in that night to give our poor aching feet a rest. Of course as soon as we got to Wally World the rain started pouring down and Jenn was wearing flip flops. Then we hit the liquor store and Lee’s chicken (the best damn chicken ever!) to get another snack / dinner (2 chicken strips, mashed potatoes, gravy & a biscuit really cheap) and hung out at Jenn’s parents house for awhile before heading to Jenn’s to geek out together on the internet & Jenn put windows 7 on my computer as well because I fail. I actually kind of passed out sitting up in her comfy chair in her office for a little bit but, I actually did pretty good for getting no sleep since I got up Wednesday morning lol.

Friday:

We got up pretty early & headed out to visit Jenn’s grandma for a little bit then we went to Mammoth Cave National Park where we got tons of nature pics and ones of the old Missionary Baptist Church. We also got pics together on one of the pond trails & at the Mammoth Cave sign. Afterwards we hit the visitors center and got tickets to go on the Frozen Niagara cave tour. Since we had some time to kill we ate lunch at the cafe (I had a yummy grilled cheese sandwich with fries and a rootbeer), then I had to blow money in the gift shop. I did get postcards and Jenn happened to actually have postcard stamps so we went to the car while waiting for the tour to start and I filled them out.

When it was time for our tour we met our really goofy park ranger and we loaded up on the bus for the cave tour (All I could think was that it felt like we were going to summer camp because it was really a school bus). The tour was totally completely amazing & we both got some awesome pics. Though I must say when it is completely dark and you take a picture of me with a flash I can guarantee that I WILL blink lol.

That night we just kind of hung out, went out to eat (no I have no idea what the name was lol) but, I had a slamming burger & fries and I also sampled some of Jenn’s yummy potato soup as well. We watched a movie then Jenn went to bed before I did because I was on the phone with the boys back home .. the missed me .

Saturday:

We got up early again and after having my left over burger for breakfast we headed out to take pics by the Green River so that I could see the difference between now (when a lot of the water receded) and when the big flood happened it was freaking crazy to see. The weather finally cleared up so we were trapsing around in the sun and a little bit of humidity. (We ended up wearing tanktops, skirts & flip flops .. so keep in mind how inappropriately we are dressed for some of our up coming adventures)

Since it was so hot out we hit Sonic (which I don’t have at home either) and I got a HUGE peach sweet tea (to die for!) and went to another park and just kinda walked around some trails. Go figure I got perfect cell reception there yet I had to stand in the middle of Jenn’s driveway to get decent reception while at her house lol.

Then we hit a railroad museum but it really didn’t catch our eyes so we headed to Kentucky Down Under where we got awesome pics of Australian animals, got to pet both Kangaroos & Emus and even fed two kinds of birds.

By this time we were hot, sunburned & starving so we hit Long John Silver’s and A&W for a snack on the way back to Jenn’s parent’s house for a cookout. I must admit that it was the first time that I got rootbeer directly out of the barrel & it was the best rootbeer that I’ve ever had!.

Jenn’s parents had a big cookout that night and it was so nice to eat yummy food & just chill with a bunch of people that already felt like family. Jenn & I started doing shots of Jameson and I did rattlesnake shots with her parents & their friends lol. I was pretty buzzed for it only being 10pm but, we had to get up the next morning to be able to leave by 5:30am to go to the airport. So we went back to Jenn’s house and I drunkenly packed up my bag and just kept saying I don’t wanna go home lol.

Sunday:

Jenn & I got up at the asscrack of dawn & we left her house by 5:30ish so that I could be in TN by 7:30am to check in for my 9:30am flight to Atlanta. The fog in Jenn’s town was insane that morning .. it looked like something out of a horror movie set and it was already starting to get hot out!. We were just two BFF’s rocking out to good music, enjoying the smell of crude oil in the morning & trying not to feel too sad about my leaving.

Jenn dropped me off in the parking garage so I walked over and used the Delta curbside checking (which was awesome compared to the check in at my city!) to get my boarding passes & check my bag. Then there was a HUGE security check point line which to forever to get to the actual scanners but, I go through them pretty quick since I knew what to expect this time.

Since I had enough extra time I decided to get breakfast since I skipped it before we left the house. I was shocked to find Wendy’s open at 8am and serving an actual breakfast menu including biscuits & sausage gravy which was pretty good and I browsed the gift shops & news stands and headed to my gate. I had originally booked the isle seat but, the guy who had the window in my row wanted to trade so I did & I actually enjoyed looking out on the short 30 minute flight.

When I got to Atlanta I headed right to my gate on the furthest concourse just so that I would know where the hell I was going despite my 3 hour layover. I did find a big dining area where I ate at Arbys & made use of the free wifi until I needed to go back to my gate. We flew in an AirFrance plane home so it was super comfy with dvd players in the headrests lol. I mainly read or looked out the window. I ended up in my home airport around 5pm and my cousin picked me up after trying to find my luggage which was cracked open by TSA in Atlanta (how lovely) .. I wanted to find out how they got it closed again because I almost had to have Jenn sit on the damn thing for me to close it lol