Welcome to Kentucky

We have traveled to Kentucky as I am working in a seasonal position in an Amazon distribution center through approximately December 23rd, 2013.

 As we cross into Kentucky is this huge power plant.  I thought it might be nuclear due to the cooling towers but apparently it is not nuclear.

 This is where the vampires go to study.

 Huge horse farms are in Kentucky too. 

Not sure who owns this castle but I did see a sign offering it as a sight for your wedding.

 We're in the center.  In less than a month this whole place filled up with other Amazon "Camperforce" people.  This place is called Green River Stables RV park. 

 These are turkey vultures that we saw hanging out around Green River Lake, Ky.  Big birds of prey.

Green River lake is maybe 3 miles from us.  There is a boat ramp and people fish from shore too.

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Meet the resident campground rooster.  His name is Obama and likes to walk around in the early a.m. when we are trying to sleep and do his crowing.  Actually a very handsome rooster.

Smithsonian Air & Space Museum

 The Welcome Center at the Air & Space Museum.  I love this place.

 Rockets, rockets, rockets everywhere!

 There is even a full size Zeppelin.

 This is an amazing sight to see.  All these historical planes hanging from all the ceilings.

 The silver plane in the foreground was built by Howard Hughes.

 The Gossamer Albatross, a peddle powered plane hangs from an upper balcony.  The Gossamer Albatross is a human-powered aircraft built by American aeronautical engineer Dr. Paul B. MacCready's company AeroVironment. On June 12, 1979 it completed a successful crossing of the English Channel.

People have called me a "space-cadet" in my youth.  I wonder if this is what they meant.

Smithsonian Natural History Museum

 Getting there is half the fun is the saying.  We used the underground rail system to get downtown for the museums and National Mall from where we were staying, Cherry Hill RV Park.

 The big elephant greets everyone as you enter the front door to the Natural History Museum.  It is said that an upraised trunk in an elephant sculpture signifies good luck.  Personally if I had a bull elephant in the wild doing this to me I would run for it.

 Lots of bones of aquatic dinosaurs in very interesting exhibits.  You gotta come see it for yourself.

 I don't know why anyone would want to turn their back on a full size T-Rex.

 We had to see the mummies.

 The taxidermy in this hall was fantastic.  Quite well done.

Believe it or not they had security folks watching this display.  You had to keep moving too.

Our Week In Washington D.C.

 I went on a night tour bus of the National Monuments.  As we went by the Capitol building our driver said they must be working late.  It was just before the government shutdown.

 This is the White House and a view through an open window.  That's a huge chandelier in the lower window.  I put my camera on maximum zoom to get it as their is an iron fence that prevents you from going very close.

 Right across the street from the White House was this protestor.

 Pretty cool view from within the Washington monument.

 Great national inscriptions on the wall of the Washington monument.  I wondered if the politicians Ever visit here for inspiration.  Just saying.

 And of course NO protesting.

 I have always wanted to stand in front of the Lincoln memorial.  It is as impressive as I thought it would be.

 This famous memorial is huge.  Their canteens could hold 40 quarts of water.

 Standing in the middle of the National Mall I took a picture of first facing the Capitol building.

And then I turned around and took this picture of the other direction.  Far in the distance you can see the beginnings of large tents.  The presidents wife was sponsoring National Book Month celebration.