Saturday morning we headed for Paducah, Kentucky. I thought we were going straight to the Harley dealership, but Mike had a plan that really surprised me. He took me to downtown Paducah to see the murals on the floodwalls. An artist by the name of Robert Dafford painted 54 murals depicting the history of Paducah. The murals feature many historic scenes in chronological order from the 1880’s to 1950’s. There are additional murals depicting popular events and notable buildings and businesses in Paducah. The old massive steam locomotive 2613 is also showcased at this location. It is the last one to have gone through Paducah.
After our tour of the wall, we ate lunch downtown and then headed for the Harley-Davidson dealership. The Four Rivers Harley Dealership just opened in July at a new location and the building is in the shape of a river boat. Now, very seldom do you leave a Harley dealership without making a t-shirt purchase and…you guessed it, t-shirts for both of us.
From there, we made our way back in to Illinois. We stayed overnight in Metropolis at a hotel right beside the Harrah’s Casino. Well you know what did…Went gambling! We had such a good time on the slot machines. Now before you ask if the nice security guard escorted us back to the hotel with all of our winnings. The answer is No. Main reason…There were no winnings, but we still had a good time.
We headed home on Sunday and stopped in Elizabethtown to eat at E’Town, a floating restaurant on the Ohio River. It has the best catfish!
I sure could get used to this type of weekend.
Hope you enjoy some of the pictures I took, just click on the arrow to start the slide show.
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