Today starts your virtual journey on C & I’s 10th anniversary vacation we took last week. I hope you enjoy, but I warn you that you may get tired of all of the photos I put on here from this trip. We had such an amazing time road-tripping through parts of Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, and Ohio before making our way back to bluegrass land. It was an adventure I will never forget!
C & I started out on Sunday with the plan to drive to Natural Bridge, Virginia to see Foamhenge. That’s right, I did say “Foamhenge” not “Stonehenge”. Here is a little history…I was watching Ace of Cakes on the Food Network one night and, in that episode, Duff and Geoff take a road trip. One of the stops they made was at Foamhenge, which is a free road-side attraction built by an artist. It is a full-scale replica of Stonehenge made of huge foam blocks. C was hooked! He had to see this. We had already been talking about a beach vacation to celebrate our 10th anniversary and that pretty much sealed the deal for Virginia Beach. Anyway, back to our story.
We arrived at the Kentucky/Tennessee/Virginia lines (yes, they are that close together) and realized that we would have to go through the Cumberland Gap Tunnel. Gulp! I am not that fond of being underground, but here goes…
After that, we took Highway 58 through a good portion of Eastern Virginia. This is a main highway, but it wraps around a mountain so it is really, really curvy. Then it started to rain while we were on the really curvy road. Thankfully, we made it without any problems and the scenery was great to look at.
We finally arrived at Foamhenge and it was so cool! The place is not fancy, but if you like Stonehenge and have a sense of humor, you really need to go!
It was kind of desolate. I was a little afraid someone would sneak in and lock the gate behind us.
There is even a levitating Merlin!
This is the path back down to where we parked.
We were being watched! I think it was an attack deer!
Once we had experienced Foamhenge, we headed toward Lexington, Virginia, where we were spending the night at the Hampton Inn-Historic District. This hotel is partially housed in a historic house called Col Alto. You can stay in those rooms, or did like we did, stay in the separate hotel in the back which is quite a bit cheaper. You can still walk through the historic home and enjoy the ambience without having to shell out the big bucks. I was saving my hotel budget for the beach!
This is it for Day 1. Please check back next Thursday as we travel to the coast!
Picture Perfect Cooking 