Pining for the Fjords

Howdy, everyone!  It's hard to believe, but we're fast approaching the four month anniversary of signing our closing papers on the house in Richmond, Kentucky, and we're  finally  ready to share interior house pictures with all of you lovely blog readers!   But first, an exterior one! As is pretty normal, it took awhile to get everything settled; although we were unpacked and living comfortably in the house within a month or so, finishing up the interior decorating took substantially longer.  One of the main reasons for this is the bright, sunshiny yellow door you see in the picture above.  When we bought the house, this was the front door: While the black color was fine (if uninspired), it was the massive amount of glass in the door that drove us to find a better solution.  The road in front of the house is moderately busy, and we often have deliveries being dropped on our porch; every time someone drove by, which the dogs could easily see, they ...

In Part 2 of this blog series, we hiked all over Red River Gorge Geological Area , ate some pizza and burgers (not at the same time), and took a boat ride through a cave! Hiking to Whittleton Arch, inside the Gorge Wednesday morning started very similarly to Tuesday; we woke up to the sounds of birds screaming their feathery hearts out, made coffee and tea, started watching the Tour, and heated up breakfast casserole and biscuits.  Our final mornings at camp normally involve us eating breakfast, then packing up and heading right home; however, since home was just a short drive away, since we were up early, and since we had plenty of time before checkout (it wasn't until 1pm), we decided one last hike was in order.  I'd initially planned for us to hike to Whittleton Arch on Tuesday, but after our pizza lunch, we decided a nap was more our speed.  Thankfully, the trailhead was super close to our campground, so it was a great pick for a hike on the morning we planned to he...

In Part 1 of this blog series, we took our first Kentucky camping trip to  Natural Bridge State Resort Park , hiking within it and parts of the Red River Gorge Geological Area . Hiking the Rock Bridge trail, in front of Creation Falls After finishing our hike on the Sky Bridge Trail , we drove south, down a gravel road to the parking area for the trailhead for the Rock Bridge Trail .  Rock Bridge is labeled as a moderate, 1.4 mile loop, and it passes by a lovely waterfall en route to the Bridge itself.  Rock Bridge is also known as the only true bridge in the area, as it is the only one where water passes underneath (I guess the other Bridges are technically arches instead?). I mean, the sign says so, and who am I to argue with an official park sign? Since Rock Bridge was set down further into the forest (the Daniel Boone National Forest , I believe) than Sky Bridge, the vegetation was thicker and towered above us.  I'm sure it will eventually become old to both of ...