We are now in Scottsburg, IN, which is apparently the famous home of Yogi and Boo-Boo and Jellystone Park, because that's where we are! There's even a statue of Yogi out front! Weather has been pretty hot, and in Elkhart, our next destination a big storm came through and they had lots of power outages.Today we traveled here from Mt. Vernon, KY
and came through Harrodburg, KY. We stopped at the cool Old Fort Harrod, the first permanent settlement west of the Alleghenies ... whatever those are... Very well done wooden fort with people in various cabins explaining the way people lived back then.
Then we traveled on to the Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill. Upon arriving into the parking lot, I smiled because I remember coming here with good friend Eric Rosebrock last year, when we went on a very important maintenance conference, then took a hooky day to tour the Bourbon Trail, and apparently, the Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill. In any event, we took a nice wagon ride and the guide explained the village. Apparently Shakers join the "family" after giving up all possessions (kids, spouses, money, land etc), and become a celibate brother or sister working on the farm. Since no kids are being born and since the civil war, nobody wanted to work that hard, the families eventually left of dies and the village ended in 1910. Now it is a non-profit and universitied and helping to restore the buildings. Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill is the largest
restored Shaker community in America. With 3000 acres of bluegrass farmland and 34 restored buildings, this National Historic Landmark is the only living history site where all services are provided in original buildings.
And now we're at Yogi's house!. Tomorrow we're off to Elkhart/Shipshewana lend to RV tours and Amish country.
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