Spring Break 2016

I've decided to blog our Spring Break so that we have it all some place for us to remember....and Lucas is helping me blog since he aspiring to be a writer when he grows up.  :)

This morning we left about 8:30 am and it was snowing as we drove through Evansville!  Luckily it didn't last too long.  Our first stop today was the Jefferson Clark Memorial in Fairview, KY.  The monument was really tall, but sadly the elevator was broken so we weren't able to tour the monument.

Aaron & the boys in front of the Jefferson Clark Memorial

We went through the museum and learned that Jefferson Clark was born right near where the monument was built, and was the President of the Confederate States.  We also learned that his first wife died of malaria after only being married 3 months.  She died on Luke's birthday.  After we toured the museum we looked to see if there were any geocaches nearby, and there was one right next to the monument!  (If you don't know what geocaching is, you can click here and learn about it.)  We found it pretty easily and it had a trackable in it.  These are specially made items that you can log where you find them and take them to another spot and log where you dropped it off.  We found one in Cynthiana, IN a few months ago, and we left it in this spot.  The one we left behind was started in Germany!

Eliott & Lucas found the Geocache under the water meter lid

The boys looking at all the swag in the geocache box

Next we headed out towards Nashville, the site of our next stop.  I (Lucas) wanted to visit the Parthenon in Nashville, which was in the movie "Percy Jackson and the Lightening Thief."  The building was bigger than I thought it would be and Athena was creapier than the movie.  Not everything in the building was the same as in the movie but it was neat to see it in person.  We found out there was an art gallery under the Parthenon.

Eliott & Lucas at the Parthenon in Nashville, TN

Statue of Athena at the Parthenon

After we left the Parthenon we looked for another geocache nearby and found it outside of an army surplus store.  They did a good job hiding that one!

We got back on the road and headed to Talladega, AL where we were staying the night.  We had dinner at a chinese restaurant, but it wasn't very good.  We went back to the hotel and watched some Lego Star Wars show and then went to bed.  Tomorrow we are hiking in the Talladega National Forest!