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American Queen to visit Henderson KY

April 27, 2012 in Business, Henderson KY, Living Downtown, Recreation, Travel with 0 Comments

On Monday, April 30, 2012, the American Queen will be docked on our Henderson KY riverfront (my front yard) . They will be arriving around 10:00 am and departing around 4:00 pm.

The American Queen will return to Henderson KY again on Saturday, May 12, 2012 from 8:00 am to 1:00 pm. Since this is a Saturday this would be a great opportunity to come downtown Henderson KY.

The Downtown Businesses that are normally closed on Monday (Memories Past & Present, The Gold Mine and The Tea Cafe & Gift Shop) will be open and of course our businesses that are always open on Mondays will be open to welcome our guest. See a list of downtown Henderson KY stores and restaurants.

So make plans to come down to the riverfront and view the beautiful riverboat, and make your way into our stores and restaurants! Enjoy the day in Downtown Henderson.

For a list of all the shops and places to eat in downtown Henderson KY, see the Downtown Henderson Project’s new brochure.

Why Federal Bicycle Funding Matters

April 10, 2012 in Bicycling, Henderson KY, Living Downtown, Recreation, Travel with 0 Comments

Henderson KY could be a bicycle friendly community. We are already making great strides in creating bicycling and walking trails in our community. We have a lot of work to do however.

Talk recently includes extending our current bicycling and walking path from Kimsey Lane to join the Balmoral Subdivision.

For a list of Bicycle Paths in Henderson KY see our list of routes on Henderson County Tourist Commission website.

MapMyRide.com maintains another great list of bicycling opportunities in Henderson KY.

Watch this video by Streetfilms that show the importance of bicycling paths in communities and how they can advocate and enhance the overall health and economy of a community.

Fall Bike to Work Day-September 30

September 12, 2011 in Bicycling, Henderson KY, Recreation with 0 Comments

Join me an others that bicycle to work daily.

Friday, September 30, 2011 as we bicycle instead of driving a gas powered vehicle to work if you can. If you can’t on that day commit to taking a bicycle ride.

Louisville KY does a great job encouraging this even. With all the news about bridge closings and traffic headaches in Louisville KY it seems quite fitting that bicycles are the smartest way to get around town.

Read about Louisville Kentucky initiative to get more people committed to bicycling to work. I”m so proud of my cousin Blake Priest Kenyon who bicycles each day to work in Louisville KY.

Wurst Bicycle Ride in Evansville, Saturday, May 21, 2011

May 17, 2011 in Bicycling, Henderson KY, Recreation with 0 Comments

Join me in participating in . . .

The Fifth Wurst Bicycle Ride in Evansville Indiana (across Ohio River from Henderson KY)!

Cycling Times Magazine says: “Wurst Bicycle Ride in Midwest”.

The Wurst Bicycle Ride EVER starts at 9:30 a.m. this Saturday (May 21, 2011) at Burdette Park near the BMX track.

Options range from 6.2 miles to 32 miles or more from flat to hilly. This ride is for beginners to experienced bicyclist.

After the ride, stick around for brats, hot dogs, chips and drinks. All compliments of Dan’s Competition Bicycle Shop and Royal Crown Cola.

Best of all–Its FREE!

Spread the word and bring your friends, family, neighbors!”

All participants must wear a helmet while riding and must obey all rules of the road.

Tell me about your Worst/Wurst Bicycle Ride?

Geocaching- Kentucky Boi Travel Bug (TB50B3)

February 28, 2009 in Henderson KY, Living Downtown, Recreation with 5 Comments

Back in early 2000 I started Geocaching it was like many new technological things and many people had never heard of it back then but now lots of people are enjoying Geocaching. It is a great sport that involves travel, outdoors, exercise and use of computer/internet.

We hid a Geocache on the property of our family owned bed and breakfast on July 6, 2003. As of today River’s Railroad Cache has been found 218 times! The cache is named after my nephew River Priest. He continues to contribute to the success of the Geocache by checking on it frequently.

We have had a great time watching and talking to the people who find the Geocache. They have taken many pictures of our downtown. Many people have just came to Henderson KY just to find this geocache.

This is too funny. Back on November 14, 2002 I was vacationing in the Keys of Florida. I hid in a very popular Geocache a travel bug called “Kentucky Boi”. That travel bug along with the Barbie Head attached has traveled over 10,000 and is presently trying to make it back to Kentucky. You might might be able to view the travel bug here but it might require you to be a member of Geocaching.com.

Henderson KY has several Geocaches. One that is quite fun to find is very close to the caboose that is located in the back on the new Henderson Welcome center. The name of that cache is called “Welcome to Henderson”.

Just this week I installed the Geocaching iPhone application. More on what I think of that later. So far it looks like another killer application for the iPhone.

Want to know more about Geocaching? CLICK HERE

Sister & River are you ready to go on a day long adventure Geocaching? Perhaps Chicago on a train?

Have you ever been Geocaching? Tell me about your adventure.

Article in Evansville Courier paper about Geocaching (5/22/2009)