Blue Licks Battle Field We went to Blue Licks Battle field in August of 2008. This is a smaller campground in a smaller park. The campground has about 50 sites with water and electric. The park has a pioneer museum and some hiking trails. Not as entertaining as Carter Caves, but it was interesting to see for a weekend. My biggest complaint about this place was the drinking water. It stank so bad that you couldn't stand to run the faucet, let alone actually drink the stuff. A quick trip to the store for some bottled water and we were in business.

 

Carter Caves. Carter Caves State Park is in eastern Kentucky and is one of the state parks with a campground that's open year round. The campground here is not as nice as some of the other state parks I've seen, but it gets the job done. Water and electric hookups is all you'll get here as is the case at all the state parks I've been to. The cave tours are interesting though and I'd recommend a weekend here. We recently stayed here again and had a chance to see some more things. We went on a tour of Cascade cave and got to see quite a few bats in there that were preparing to hibernate for winter. We did some hiking and got to see some of the natural bridges and rock formations. This park has the only natural rock bridge in the state with a paved road going over the top of it. We drove past the cottages for rent in the park and they looked like they were rather nice. Had dinner at the lodge one night and spent quite a bit of time just lounging around the campsite. A place right down the road had fire wood for 8 dollars a rick, which I thought was a great price. Every single time we ever left our site, we saw plenty of deer around and even a few turkeys.  We plan to try to get back to this park again pretty soon. This campground seems like it's not very crowded after Labor day and this was a good time to go.

 

Cumberland Falls. We stayed here once many moons ago in our popup and I really don't remember that much about it other than the place was completely full and they had campers in the middle of the roads and on the hillsides.

 

Greenbo Lake. Greenbo Lake is in Greenup County, KY. I really enjoyed our stay here and plan to go back at some point. This camp ground has the biggest sites of any of the state parks that I've been to. We were able to back our trailer into the site and then turn it sideways in the site so that we were facing the creek that runs behind the row of sites. Even turned sideways, our neighbors on either side of us were still 100-150 feet away. Long extension cords and water hoses are a must have for sure at this place. You can also leave your cell phone at home as it won't work here. I was really amazed at the amount of deer that we saw in this park. We rented a motorboat and rode around the lake. got to see plenty of deer down at the waters edge. We went and checked out the lodge and it looked to be pretty nice, but there are no cottages for rent at this park. They do have a very nice, large amphitheater and I suspect that there will be some good bluegrass shows there. The campground is closing down this winter for a 5 month remodel of the entire place. It'll be interesting to see what they do with it.

 

	Natural Bridge. Natural Bridge is a little bigger and a little busier than Carter Caves is. Still no Full hookups though, just water and electric. The campground is nice enough for a weekend and the hiking offers some beautiful scenery. I've been visiting this park for many years now both with and without our camper.
	Kincaid Lake. Kincaid Lake is in northern Kentucky and we've only been able to visit here once so far. I did not find it to be as nice as either Carter Caves or Natural Bridge, But it's close to where my parents live, so they were able to come visit us there.

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