Lemon Ice Cream

Some things just don't turn out as well as you'd like. I made this lemon ice cream the day before we left for Kentucky.



It was inedible. I do not know exactly what went wrong, but I suspect my microplane grater grated off too much pith.

Oddly, now that it has aged in the freezer for two weeks, it is slightly more edible. I wouldn't go so far as to call it
good, but you could choke it down if you had to now...

What's in the fridge?

Boulevard Single Wide I.P.A.



Hoppy. Bitter. Yum!

This one needs to rest out of the fridge for a while before serving. It improves greatly as it warms.

The more things change, the more they stay the same

I've said I'm going to leave my job since the day before I started four years ago and I heard a very damning report from a friend who had just happened to work there for a couple of months.

I've threatened.

I've been upset.

I've updated my resume.

I've even been on interviews, which is why I don't have enough vacation time now to cover all of the things I have planned for the rest of the year.

This time I am really serious. I need to go because I can feel the ship sinking. Everybody is looking for something to do so badly that we've taken to turning on each other.

If I don't go now I'll be a fool.

I couldn't even make it two whole days post-vacation before the urge to walk out came rushing back.

Blah. I hate job interviews.

Re-entry Shock

I am experiencing a bit of reverse culture shock. Having spent more than a week in fairly rural Kentucky, I'm finding my fellow St. Louisians a bit on the rude side.

Back to life, back to reality

I'm back from vacation. Nine days and eight fabulous nights camping across Kentucky. I am editing pictures and blogging through the trip this week.

I've lost my sense of time.

We'll see how that works out at work today...

Vacation: Day 9 Mammoth Cave to St. Louis

We crossed the Green River Ferry to go horseback riding this morning.



Chris rode his new friend Curly:


Then we drove - forever - up through Evansville and back to Troy, where we met Dennis and Lacey.

Vacation: Day 8 Mammoth Cave

We explored Mammoth Cave National Park today. We took the New Entrance tour at 9:00 this morning.



We ate lunch at a place called TrogloBITES, where I got a Where's George Dollar in my change.

Mom, Dad and I took a hike after lunch, while Beth and Chris hit the gift shops. The deer in the park have no fear of (or even concern for) humans. I was uncomfortable being this close to them.



Our last cave tour was the Historic Tour. I'm very glad we managed to reserve our spots from home, or I don't know that we would have made it on any good tours. The park was very busy today!