College Road Trip with my Sister

At the first stop in the morning

I took my sister to look at two colleges yesterday. We went to UK in Lexington, KY and University of Cumberlands in Kentucky. We took both my daughters with us, Ivy-10yrs and Bella-19mths. I must have been crazy when I decided that was a good idea, lol. It was a long, exhausting but fun day. We got up at 5am, ate breakfast, showered and got dressed. We left the house at 7:30am. We drove to UK first. It is right by downtown Lexington. It was a very nice campus. Cassie, my sister, really liked it! It was here that I realised that I had forgotten the stroller in the other car! I was kicking myself all day long for that one but we made it work. We had packed a lunch. We ate on the UK grounds surrounded by trees. It was nice.

Canon at UK

Statue near one of the student buildings with an eatery

Bella was happy to get to UK & out of the car!

UK Campus

UK Grounds

Memorial Hall at UK

UK - outdoor theater

Ivy checking out the grounds at UK

Sundial

Dorm building at UK

Grounds at UK

We ate lunch here at UK. Bella was dancing for the few students that were there.

She was happy to be loose and have a little freedom.

After UK we headed to University of Cumberlands. It is in southern Kentucky off the last exit before you hit Tennessee. It is a nice campus as well. It is the complete opposite of UK in many ways. It is in a small town. The college looks much newer. The grounds are smaller and much more compact. UK's grounds almost run in a long line. Cumberlands are in a circular formation. Cumberlands has a religious affiliation and UK does not. Cumberlands does have a great aid package though! She was very impressed with what they could offer her financially. The day gave her two very different colleges to compare and contrast.

Fountain in the center of the grounds at University of Cumberlands

Checking out the fountain

University of Cumberlands

The view from the campus at University of Cumberlands

University of Cumberlands

I loved this beautiful ceiling at University of Cumberlands.

View from one of the dorms at University of Cumberlands.

University of Cumberlands

We decided it would be wrong not to at least drive into Tennessee when we were already so close, lol. We drove to the first exit in Tennessee which is Jelico. We stopped there for a little break. After that we began heading back north. We stopped off at Corbin, KY for dinner and a break. We visited the KFC museum first. It was really neat. We walked back to the car and Ivy said "Mom, I am getting hungry." We all agreed that we could not make it home without eating. We stopped at a pizza place and got a large pizza to share. We did not want to sit in a restaurant. The kids were dying to get out and run around. We found this adorable little walking bridge and gazebo to eat at. It was so cute! Best of all there was grassy areas for Bella to run around in when we finished eating. There was a large stream or small river that ran under the bridge. It was full of ducks! The kids had a blast feeding them pizza crust. What a fun stop off! We had to stop near Williamsburg for gas on the way back home. Bella was getting antsy again so we decided to hang out at the McDonalds and have dessert. This was a super rare occurrence so the kids were over-the-moon!  They each got a vanilla ice cream cone. My sister and I each got a apple pie. The whole stop came to $2.10, lol.

Waiting for her ice cream

After that we got back on the road and did not stop until we got home. We were so exhausted!! Bella did not make it here. She fell asleep in the car. I cannot blame her. I was so tired! I barely got my pajama's on before crashing.

PS. The photographs for the Corbin part of our trip is in a different page because there were so many pictures of the colleges.