Kentucky – Owensboro

Owensboro 11/16 – 11/30

115 miles to Owensboro
3590 miles traveled

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Lincoln Birth Place – Hodgenville

For over a century people from around the world have come to rural Central Kentucky to honor the humble beginnings of our 16th president, Abraham Lincoln. His early life on Kentucky’s frontier shaped his character and prepared him to lead the nation through Civil War. The country’s first memorial to Lincoln, built with donations from young and old, enshrines the symbolic birthplace cabin.

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Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum – Owensboro

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Owensboro Museum of Fine Arts

The stained glass exhibit was my favorite exhibit. Full size cathedral stain glass from Germany were inspiring.

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Livermore Bridge

The Livermore Bridge is a bridge that carries US-431 over the Green River, near Livermore in McLean County, Kentucky where it crosses over two rivers, and passes over a separate county; the only known such occurrence in the world.

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Mammoth Cave National Park

Mammoth Cave National Park preserves the cave system and a part of the Green River valley and hilly country of south central Kentucky. This is the world’s longest known cave system, with more than 400 miles (643 km) explored.

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