Passing Through Kentucky

Hey Guys!! We spent about a week (six nights) in Georgetown, Kentucky on our way back down to Tennessee. We had just enough time to visit a National Park unit that was close and to squeeze in a distillery tour…and, of course, we found some foodies.

Camp Nelson Heritage National Monument started out as a supply depot and hospital during the Civil War in 1863.

Camp Nelson grew to be one of the largest recruitment and training centers for African American soldiers and eventually a refugee camp for the soldier’s wives and children. There is a great little museum at the Visitor Center that takes you through the history of Camp Nelson and a very informative film you can watch.

The original Camp Nelson covered around 4,000 acres and had over 300 buildings on the grounds. There’s only one building that was standing during the time of Camp Nelson…the big white house with the canon in front of it. Now, you’ll find a few hiking trails that take you around the property to see where the different forts and some of the buildings once stood. The National Park Service has rebuilt a few buildings…they were all locked up when we went so we didn’t get to go in them. The day we went was the hottest day Kentucky had seen so far in 2021. It was definitely close to triple digits and as you can see from the pics…there’s not a lot of shade. We walked around a little, but with the buildings all locked up…we didn’t spend a whole lot of time exploring this NP unit.

A few years ago we visited Kentucky to do the Bourbon Trail…if you missed that post, you can find it here. While we were doing the Bourbon Trail, Charles decided he wanted to come back to Kentucky with us when he turned 21 so he could do the tasting that goes along with a distillery tour. So…here we are…back in Kentucky so we can take our now 21 year old on his first official distillery tour and tasting. We took him to Woodford Reserve which is one of our favorites from last time. It was just as picturesque as I remembered it to be and the tour was the right amount of history, science and comedy to make it interesting.

It was weird to be there with our adult kid. It was definitely fun to see it all through his eyes. I don’t do the tastings…it’s not my thing…but I do make sure to grab some candy. Woodford has one of the best mixed candy boxes we’ve found so far!

We were only in Kentucky for six nights…but Guys…there’s always time for good foodies! We ate at two places and both were fantastic. The burgers were from Bru Burgers and we can’t recommend it enough. The bbq was from Red State BBQ and it was awesome too. When you go to a bbq place, the sides…in my opinion…are just as important as the smoked meat. and this place has a great selection of really good southern sides. Highly recommend Red State BBQ!

We were in Kentucky at the end of August and it was miserably hot the entire time we were there. We didn’t have a whole lot of time in KY, but we enjoyed the time we had…even with the heat.

See Y’all down the road!

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