In August 2009, Chris and I flew to Wisconsin bought a car and had an 1,100 mile road trip home! Because it was the end of convertible season in Wisconsin, we got an awesome deal on a Porsche 911 convertible!
We started our trip home about noon in Milwaukee and drove along the row of beautiful houses facing Lake Michigan. Then, we happened upon the Milwaukee Art Museum which is designed to look like a boat sailing into the lake - what a great photo op! That day, we drove until we reached Indianapolis Indiana and decided to call it a night.
The next morning, we drove to the Indianapolis Art Museum...Chris unfortunately was starting to see a pattern in the route I was following :-) There we explored several of Robert Indiana's sculptures including the famous LOVE and number series.
Our next destination was Louisville KY - home of the Louisville slugger! When we got to the city, I got a book of destinations in Kentucky...since we were driving we didn't follow the bourbon trail, instead we found a Frank Lloyd House! In Frankfurt, the capital city, was a beautiful Lloyd house. We couldn't tour it because it was occupied, but we parked our car in front of it and had a fun photo op. Then we went to the capital grounds to find the one of the largest floral clocks in the world! It is 34' in diameter and was made with 13,000 plants. Of course, Chris had to take a gratuitous watch photo with the clock - Time to get back on the road!
The road took us to Cumberland Falls, the Niagara of Kentucky. It was a lovely hike and we were able to watch a wedding ceremony in front of the beautiful backdrop. But that was only the beginning of beautiful scenery! We were on the way to the top....! That night we drove till we hit Pigeon Forge and Sevierville TN.
Climbing climbing climbing along part of the Appalachian Trail to the top of Clingman's Dome was our next adventure! 6,643 feet to the top of the mountain, the highest peak in the Smokies. From there you can look out and see all of the other peaks...it was literally breath taking.
This was our last day...we needed to scoot home and what better road to take than the Blue Ridge Parkway. Mountains and hairpin turns were no concern for Chris driving the new car! It handled beautifully and we had a great time riding back down the mountain to arrive safely home.
What a trip...what memories! Take a look at the photos from our trip by following this link:
