Evidence Photos
Aug 14, 2001
Louisville/Bardstown, KY
we explored Louisville and Bardstown
The pictures above are from Bardstown.
Bardstown was once Kentucky's most populated city, easy to believe after you've seen the large and beautiful churches.
On the right is Talbot Tavern, a restaurant, bar and hotel boasting a history of 130 years.
Good food, a friendly bar filled with local people and well meaning staff in the dinning area.
At one point rock music blared from the kitchen while classical still played in the dinning room
and the waitress told us that she didn't "feel so bad now" after we explained it didn't bother us that they were out of rolls.
What is now The Jailer's In Bed And Breakfast had the distinction of being one of the oldest jails in the
country, founded in 1797 and being used continuously as prison through 1987. For those of you with room for the penal
experience there is a guest room made out of an old cell in (more or less) as-is condition. Everyone else can turn state's evidence
in a regular B&B room. The stocks in the front are recreations of stocks used to punish minor offences at the turn of the century.
Oscar Getz Museum of Whiskey History, in Bardstown.
Virtually all Kentucky water flows over limestone rock formations, probably owing to the geological forces
that give the Blue Grass State its rolling hills. Be that as it may, the limestone acts as a natural filter,
removing minerals from the water making it perfect for bourbon distilling. Add to the water high quality,
locally available corn, barley water, oak (for barrels to age the stuff ) and know-how
and you see why virtually all the world's Bourdon is produced in and around Bardstown and Louisville.
At one point the area boasted 22 distilleries,. 11 remain today.
The Kentucky Railrway Museum offers rides from New Haven to Boston, Kentucky. That's me in the cab.
St. Joseph Orphan's Picnic, an annual even in Louisville. On the right is Oliver, a good natured Mastiff/St. Bernard mix.
On the left is Mieko.
Churches in Louisville.
Downtown Louisville, a place as marked by the contrast between old and new as any I can recall.
Bootleg Bar-B-Q off 31E, Bardstown Rd. Right between Bardstown and Louisville,
this is a great place to go if you like Bar-B-Q, and even if you don't their food is good enough to change your mind.
It's not a life changing dining experience, but if you are in the area give it a try.
Sitting behind us were what I can only imagine was a religious consultant of some kind and a lay member of a local church.
I was trying not to listen, but the pieces of conversation that floated my way were remarkable.
Topics were how to know when you needed an administrative minister (one who doesn't preach), compensating youth ministers,
putting together a strong leadership plan for the church so the power structures would stay in tact as the church grew.
It could just have well been a discussion between two business executives. Although I'm sure
they would deny it to the death if confronted, it sounded like the two had much more interest in spreadsheets and attendance numbers
than divine guidance. Nothing wrong with that, but it was a useful reminder of just how established,
large and in many ways secular the church is in the South, and probably many other places.
