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| Below: At the only Alpine Slide
in Kentucky, Lee and Karen Duquette took the scenic chair lift ride to the
top of the mountain to ride the Alpine sled on a 1/4 mile trip down the
mountain filled with turns and bends! A unique control lever allowed them
to control their own speed down the mountain and they were NOT planning
on going slowly. |
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Below: While riding the
chair lift up the mountain, Karen Duquette took some selfies. |
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Below: Views from the ride
up the mountain in the chair lift at Kentucky Action Park. |
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Below: Karen and Lee Duquette
ready for take-off on the Alpine Slide. |
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| NOTE: They do not allow people
to go simultaneously on the Alpine Slide, so they gave Lee Duquette the
go-ahead first. This did not allow Karen to get any photos of Lee on the
slide. Then after Lee was part way down the slide, they allowed Karen Duquette
to go. So Lee was already at the bottom when Karen Duquette arrived and
he was able to get a photo of her on the slide. |
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Below: Cave City,
Kentucky - Big Mike's Rocks, Gift Shop, and Mystery House |
| On this date, they charged $1 to tour the Mystery
House, but coupons may be able to be found
for a free entry. (Prices are always subject to change as time passes)
The Mystery House has several black light posters that the guide will
ask you to define what you think you see in the posters. The highlights
are the classics -- chair on the wall, billiard balls going uphill, water
running uphill, tilted rooms with slanted floors, mirrors that change
how you look and an optical illusion room.
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Outside the store,
odd-shaped windows |
Inside the store,
extra large underwear |
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Below: In Big Mike's Mystery
House, Lee and Karen Duquette each sat on a chair that was floating
in the air. These photo can not do justice to the event, as the chairs
do not look like they are in the air in the photos, but they were. |
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| Below: Although Lee and Karen
Duquette were standing STRAIGHT UP on this large chair, it appeared that
they were leaning forward. |
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| Below: When the Lee and Karen
Duquette faced the other way and stood STRAIGHT UP on the same chairs as
shown above, it appeared that they were leaning backwards. |
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| Karen Duquette felt that best part of the Mystery
House was the room where they stood in opposite corners of the room and
they looked like they were either shorter or taller than normal due to slanted
floors / ceilings, receding walls, and perspective distortion. |
 "HA
HA" said Karen, "I am taller than you."
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"In your dreams" replied Lee |
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Below: Back in the store
there was a Big Mo display, the world's largest fossilized
mosasaur skull |
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Other attractions in the general
area |
Located in Bowling Green
Kentucky at I-65 exit 28, the 110,000 square foot building housed more
than 70 Corvette models plus Driving Simulators. |
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| Dinosaur World has a park
in Florida, Kentucky and Texas. The dinosaurs represent a variety of well
known and unusual species, which are displayed outdoors with explanatory
signs; - Brachiosaurus, Chasmosaurus, Dilophosaurus, Spinosaurus, Stygimoloch,
Triceratops, and Tyrannosaurus Rex. |
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The new Yard of the two RV Gypsies at Singing
Hills Campground. No pool, no clubhouse, a small book exchange
in the office and the nicest people own the campground, and the stay was
extremely pleasant, even under the terrible circumstances of Lee Duquette
needing surgery and the hospital being 90 miles from the campground.
When Lee and Karen Duquette first arrived at Singing Hills
Campground, they only planned to stay for 2 days. But then Lee fell (NOT
in the campground) and got seriously injured and needed surgery. After
their original 2 days here, the campground had to move them to another
site. It was a bummer because Karen Duquette had to drive the RV and she
does not really like to drive it. Lee Duquette was not allowed out of
bed except to go to the hospital.
The two RV Gypsies were at this campground for 5
full weeks and Lee Duquette could not go anyplace. He could
not stand nor walk until after his surgery. It was not a fun time. |
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