Season 2 Episode 785/20/22 We visited Bardstown. We hit the 1792 Distillery. They were the only distillery that offered a free tour. We parked in Bardstown and walked 20 minutes to it. They gave a great 45 minute tour and provided 4 samples and a piece of bourbon chocolate. We bought a few bottles and some if the bourbon chocolates. We learned they are ending the tour and gift shop in June 2022. We then walked around town and had Kentucky Fried chicken and cornbread which were delicious at Mammy's. We then checked a bunch of bars and only found 2 that were having live music but neither bands were playing bluegrass. So we went to McIntyre’s Winery. I liked their Corn Cob Wine which I had never heard of Lol. The next morning we drove for about an hour, dropped the rig and took the Jeep to the Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill. We figured we would spend an hour there. Well we ended up being there for 3 hours. We took a great tour and learned about the history of the Shakers. https://shakervillageky.org/Shaker We will return. We then went to Wildside Winery which is a Harvest Host location. We sampled a couple wines and bought a couple bottles. We are 60 miles from Church Hill Downs so we watched the derby on TV. The next day we drove to Callies Campground in Red River Gorge. We checked in got set up and then headed over to natural bridge State resort Park in Kentucky. This park is a part of the Red River Gorge geological area which is in the Daniel Boone National Forest which is part of the Cumberland ranger district. We hiked the natural bridge trail which was only about a half a mile but went straight up hill for 500 ft. This is really an impressive Arch. We hiked on top of the crossed over it and hike for another mile to more viewpoints overlooking the Daniel Boone National Forest. We did a total of 4 miles which was perfect. We then drove over to Miguel's Pizza. A few people have told us you need to eat there so we did. The amazing thing is with their pizzas and they have a list of around 30 different toppings that you can add to create your own. Us being from New York and New Jersey like a thinner crispier crust and our pizza but other than that this was delicious. We then stopped in at Gorge Outfitters. We got into a conversation with the owner who gave us tips on numerous trails and parks to see. Visit them, they are wonderful. https://gorrg.com/The next day we hiked the Auxier Ridge trail by recommendation from the server at Miguel's. The next morning we decided to stay in this park for an extra night. We drove over to Nada tunnel. We had this tunnel saved on our Google maps for about a year or so and we do know that NADA means nothing. So we assumed that not a tunnel but a tunnel to nowhere. However we found out that it's a hand carved tunnel that originated as a railroad tunnel way back when. Now it's a single Lane car tunnel that is really awesome to drive through. Here is a link to our pictures of those 2 hikes. https://www.instagram.com/p/CdWrLZHsTIG/?igshid=MDJmNzVkMjY= And hers pics of the nada tunnel https://www.instagram.com/p/CdWwUXcMqgM/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= We also learned that this area has the second highest number of arches in the US, of course the #1 area is Arches National Park. So after hitting the tunnel we drove around to the trailhead for the Auxier Ridge trail. We knew that this was going to be a 2.2 mile hike to the edge of the Ridge and then back. But we got to a beautiful overlook had a snack and a glass of wine and sore across the valley was twin Arch. So we pulled out our maps and we realized that there's another trail at the end of The Ridge trail that joins up and takes you to the twin Arch so we changed our plans and that's what we did. So it turned out to be an 8 mile beautiful hike. The next day we decided to stay an extra night to do numerous short hikes to give our legs a break. Beautiful ! Lots of arches.From here we were going to be staying at the Kanawha State Park in Kentucky we had the campground reserved and the campsite fit a 37 ft motorhome. we had reserved this a couple of months ago. Luckily Trish was looking on line and she saw a lot of people said you'll never make it up the road in a motorhome. We called canceled our reservation and they refunded our money. We then went to Roadside Park Port Of St. Albans. (304) 722-4625https://maps.app.goo.gl/ENR6t9DctNYY8dRU8And stayed there for one night. We'll never stay there again. Too many smelly factories and super loud traffic all night long. We got up the next morning and drove to Point Pleasant WV. To visit the Mothman Museum. And to see the Silver Bridge which collapsed in 1967 people in point pleasant WV kept seeing a winged creature around a bridge in town. Shortly after the bridge collapsed. Some people say he was scaring people away from the bridge and others say he made it collapse. That sparked the movie. Are the two connected? Here's pics https://www.instagram.com/p/Cdg1WMDpwY7/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=After that we dumped and we drove about an hour and a half across Rt 60 which I did not like to Babcock State Park we pulled into our site. Set up was intending to do a walk off of a short hike. But we met a couple and got into a nice conversation with them. Hi Kenneth and Elaine if your listening. But then went back to the rig grilled some pizza and then met up with Kenneth and Elaine again and talked for a couple of hours. The next day we had a few different trails in the park totaling a little over 6 miles. Very beautiful. And then had a relaxing evening and did another walk around the campground. Want pics? Here ya go https://www.instagram.com/p/Cdg13mwJ0ku/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= The next morning we dumped filled with fresh water and drove to Calhoun county park. $20/nite with 30 amp and water. No one else there and nothing to do for 30+ miles. It was 85 degrees so we didn't want to even walk around the "park". The next day we drove to the Sweeter Side of the Feud Winery. We met and talked for over an hour with Mark Hatfield who is the great, great grandson of Devil Anse Hatfield of the famous Hatfield and McCoy Feud. We walked in and Brenda invited us over to sample some of their wines. Within walk down the bar to where Mark was standing. He started pouring samples of different Bourbons whiskeys and moonshines. Some of these samples were full shot and then I asked him about one of the other flavored ones they had and he said pour some and try it. I've never seen this before in any Distillery or Winery ever. You could walk up and down the bar and pour a shot after shot if you wanted to. Wow ! I didn't count all the different flavors but I did stop counting at 42. Unreal what a nice down to earth guy Mark is. We board our fair share and a shirt. But after we got back to the rig the one thing I wish I had done was to get a picture with Mark Hatfield. https://sweetersideofthefeud.com/We then went to Chestnut ridge winery. Porta bottle of wine had a glass on their porch. https://chestnutridgewinery.com/Then headed back to the rig for a quiet evening. It was a bit cooler than it was yesterday so we decided to walk around the campground and we grew a greater appreciation of this county park. They have a historic village hidden away. With a school house post office etc . We found these while walking around. They have a few ponds with benches overlooking them. And then we saw that there was going to be a lunar eclipse that evening. Now this county park is listed as a dark space. 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