A Full Vacation in One Day

What a day!

I can’t believe we packed in as much as we did. We started off with a visit to Greensburg to visit the matriarch of the iFarmer’s family.

She looked good and we enjoyed seeing her and a cousin who stopped by while we were there.

I don’t remember ever being in Greensburg, which is the heart of Decatur County, and is home to a unique courthouse. If I’d been here before, I’m pretty sure I would have remembered the tree growing out of the courthouse roof.

This large tooth aspen apparently took root in 1870 in the roof of the historic building’s clock tower and has been growing ever since. Way cool.

I walked around the courthouse and took pix while I waited for our order down the street at Pork-N-More.

Besides being a pop culture shrine – there were posters of the Beatles, Shirley Temple, the Bee Gees, the Waltons, the Fonz and Princess Di – and featuring a tribute to Tony Stewart, the restaurant served up some of the best slow cooked pork I’ve ever had.

We had our eye on the place ever since we drove by and got a whiff of the smokers.

Perfectly cooked, succulent pulled pork, ribs and chicken.

Normally, that would be the highlight of the day. But after lunch, we dropped the kids off at my sister-in-law’s house and headed to Louisville for a date night.

We started at River Bend Winery [supplied by farmers who’ve switched from tobacco to grape growing] for a tasting, walked around, stopped off at the Louisville Slugger factory, checked out Caufield’s, a 90-year-old novelty shop, then headed to the Highlands for dinner at Lilly’s, which we learned from our taxi driver is one of the top 10 restaurants in Louisville.

We chose it because it has a strong relationship with farmers. Wow. If this is only in the top 10, I’m eager to come back to check out the top five.

It was a beautiful evening and instead of cabbing it back, we decided — after a drink at Molly Malone’s — to walk the three miles. So that was probably a bit ambitious. But I enjoyed myself until I could feel the blisters — yes, I wore heels — forming on my feet when we were about six blocks from 21c.

To rest up, we stopped at Theater Square Marketplace, picked up one of the things on my list — handmade Kentucky bourbon balls aka “Happy Balls!” — and a few snacks.

Tomorrow…if we have any energy, we’ll explore a little more, then head back to Columbus for egg hunts and Easter fun.