The highlight of the day was our midday stop at Apple Valley Hillbilly Garden and Toyland near Paducah, KY. How can you pass up a place with a name like that? I discovered it on an app called Roadtrippers, and then looked it up again on Tripadvisor. Both indicated that this was a worthwhile stop.
Where to begin on describing this place? The owner greeted us as we walked up, and he gave us a tour of the place. His dream is to build a structure to show all the toys he has collected over the past 30 years. In the meantime, he has created a garden out of discarded objects (aka junk).....much to his neighbors' chagrin!
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| Western ghost town.....I think |
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| This place has been many things...including a gas station |
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| My favourite....the hillbilly shower |
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| Look at all these toys! |
From the get go, Joanie was not impressed. It was hot, humid, and in her opinion boring. It was definitely Americana with a capital A. The garden is an oasis of bad puns.....one after the other. There was a pot garden...made out of overturned flowerpots. There was a gator pit made out of Gatorade containers strewn on the ground. There was a garden of lost soles....filled with soleless shoes. And the bad puns went on and on and on. The tour lasted an hour, but that was only because we told the owner that we could not stay much longer as we still had four hours of driving ahead of us. Otherwise, he would have been more than happy to spend the afternoon sharing more bad puns with us.
I really hope this guy can make his Toyland a reality. It appears that he has very little money.....but a big vision of what it could be. I admire hm for pursuing his dream.
We continued on to out campground in Missouri. Uneventful drive, and we were pleased to see that this campground was well-maintained and had clean bathrooms. We all took showers!
Left Seven Points Campground at 9:15am
Arrived Lazy Day Campground at 7:24pm
Mileage = 430 miles
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