Father's Day Weekend: Falling Water, Caves and Kentucky

We had a great Father's Day yesterday.  We hit Falling Water in the morning- and this was a surprising hit for everyone.  While driving there in the morning, Brian asked Simon to read from wikipedia about Frank Lloyd Wright's life and career.  Little did we know that we would have to talk about philandering and abandoning of children!  That was fun. 

The tour was good: Reid decided he wanted to build our house over a water fall.  And Claire told me that we should have a guest house that "matches" our home. 

Then the kids gave Brian some Father's Day gifts, and we were back on the road.  We learned that this trip will cost even more than we thoughts-- while gas prices are cheaper out here than in the Northeast-- we discovered that we get a whooping 6.7 miles to the gallon!  We have spent plenty of time at gas stations.  Getting this rig over the hills (mountains) of West Virginia makes you wince, as you keep the peddle to the medal to get over these obstacles.  

We drove much of the yesterday and for the first time put the kids to sleep while driving. We pulled into our campsite at Mammoth Caves at about 10pm.  It was hot and humid.  But we woke up the kids to take them outside.  We couldn't help it! The lightening bugs were insane-- there was no way to get a photo, but when you looked up at the 40 foot tall pine trees, they almost looked like Christmas trees, twinkling with the little bugs glowing butts!  

This morning we enjoyed a great tour of Mammoth Caves, lots of geology lessons and an amazing tour guide.  

Now we head to St. Louis!