Patty Craig: A Slice of Time
With warm weather and the end of the school year, many will be searching for entertainment destinations. My youngest daughter, a seventh-grade teacher, asked her students to do some research and identify places in Kentucky to visit. Their responses included a wide variety of destinations.
The Kentucky destinations identified by these students included the following:
Mammoth Cave
Corvette Museum
Beech Bend Park
Louisville Zoo
Louisville Slugger Museum
Churchill Downs
Lost River Cave
Newport Aquarium
Cumberland Falls
Dinosaur World
Kentucky Derby/Kentucky Derby Museum
Red River Gorge
Jump Air Zone
Nolin Lake
Creation Museum
Kentucky Kingdom
Louisville Mega Cavern (Student said it is the world’s only zip line course that is fully underground.)
Hot Rods Park
Kentucky Down Under
Kentucky Speedway
Rough River
Historic Railpark & Museum
Land Between the Lakes
Cedar Ridge Speedway
Big Four Bridge
Chaney’s Dairy Barn
Beech Bend Raceway
Rupp Arena for a Kentucky Wildcats basketball game
Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park
Smothers Park
Kentucky Splash & Waterpark
Bernheim Forest
Fraizer’s Kentucky History Museum
The Ark Encounter
Lake Malone
Greenwood Mall
Blue Holler Off Road Park
Daniel Boone National Forest
Kentucky State Fair
Lake Barkley
Pennyrile State Park & Resort
Mary Todd Lincoln House
Octagon Hall
Kentucky State Capitol
Fort Knox
Abraham Lincoln’s Birthplace
Kentucky Museum
Vent Haven Museum
Southern Lanes
Aviation Heritage Park
Barren River Lake
Kentucky Science Center
Guntown Mountain
Purple People Bridge
Muhammad Ali Center
Speed Art Museum
Catfish Festival
Great American Dollhouse Museum
Kentucky Folk Art Center
Gregory’s Lake
Hidden Valley Golf Course
Fountain Square Park
Bluegrass Region Tour
Bluegrass Scenic Railroad Museum
Boone Creek Gorge Zipline Tour
Diamond Lake
Big South Fork Scenic Railway
Malibu Jacks
Fort Boonesborough State Park
Pennyrile Battlefield State Historic Site
Kentucky Reptile Zoo
Black Mountain
Eagle Falls
Roland Bland Park
Kentucky Horse Park
Shanty Hollow
Lake Diamond Caverns
Cave Run Lake
Patti’s 1880’s Settlement
Annual International Festival in Bowling Green
Big South Fork National River & Recreation Area
First Lincoln Memorial
Cherokee Park
Green River Lake
Belle of Louisville
Cumberland Gap National Historic Park
Boone Creek (zip lining)
Freeman Lake Park
Jackson’s Orchard
Big Bone Lick State Park
Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption, Covington
Bowling Green Skate Box
Wildcat Off-road Park
Ralphie’s Fun Center
Shaker Village
Flood Wall Murals
Bill Monroe Homeplace
Lake Venus
USS Sachem Ruins
Levi Jackson State Park, Levi Jackson Wilderness Road Park near London
Waverly Hills Sanatorium
SkyPac
Louisville Antique Firearm shooting with an expert instructor
Crystal Onyx Cave
Conrad-Caldwell House Museum
Women’s Civil War Museum
Reid’s Orchard
Axtel Campground
Bill Monroe Museum
Panther Creek Park
Blanton Forest State Nature Preserve
The Parklands
Keeneland
Kentucky Bourbon Trail
SomerSplash
Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History
Lexington Griffin Gate Marriott Golf Resort & Spa
National Quilt Museum
These students did a great job of identifying a variety of places to visit in our state. I would enjoy going to some of them over a period of time. And the summer months provide an opportunity for us to choose a destination – just for the fun of it.