Louisville KOA ....settling in...

KOA - Louisville

Note: driving until midnight and trying to set up camp in the wee morning hours is not advised.  In the morning we noticed that our site had no shade and thus spent the whole morning trying to find a shaded spot that was available and that could accommodate our 30 amp Casita...ridiculous.  Lesson learned.

We spent the first couple of days at the Louisville KOA doing work, laundry and other life things.  We are so happy to be in one spot for longer than a day!  It has been nice for us and the dogs!  

Case in point: Lilly threw up on our bed the second night in Louisville.  I was setting the table for dinner and turned around to get the spaghetti sauce and saw it on our quilt and poor Ralphie's head...since I only saw it for a split second I thought Lilly had tumped the sauce all over the bed (the bed and stove are really close to one another --- as if it couldn't be -- it is after all only 17ft. of living space!).  Anyway, that resulted in a late night laundry session (right after John and I had been discussing that we were so excited to get to bed early!).  

So, I have remembered how much I hate ticks and poison ivy!  Phoebe and Ralph seem to be super-magnets toward patches of poison ivy if you are anywhere near it---and Phoebe seems to literally attract small deer ticks.  We pulled about 10 ticks off of the dogs our first morning "nature hike" near the KOA.  So we crossed that off our list and found the Shepardsville city park a few minutes a way.  It is full of interesting people but at least we are not worried about waking up with a rash or something crawling over our face at night! 

More to come

C+J & 4 satisfied pups! 

Escapes 

I am going to stop recording escapes because it looks like we are getting the hang of this! Here is to hoping! 

Wildlife Seen

Ummmm..

Lessons Learned

1.  Don't try to travel too long in a day -- that is just stupid.

2.  Check on camping spot before getting to said place (this is easier when you don't arrive under the shadow of night -- refer to lesson 1)

3.  "Nature hikes" although pretty are not enjoyable if you have 4 crazy dogs that love walking in tall grass and bustling about in all sorts of poison plants --- we now prefer large areas with plenty of mowed grass. (you would to if you were sleeping with 4 dogs in a small space!)

cave on trail 

Here we go...on the nature trail!