It was spring break and we had nowhere to go. At that time, my elementary school-age children were in two different schools with two different spring breaks. Thing 2 wanted to go somewhere for just a few days. We got out the Atlas. She wanted to go to Arkansas. I wanted to go to Missouri. We ended up doing a really fun trip to Mammoth Cave NP, Louisville, St. Louis and driving through northwestern Arkansas to Memphis – all in four days.

Thursday

Depart Atlanta at 6:00 am

Mammoth Cave NP – Historic Tour

Abe Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Park – Hodgenville, KY

Dinner at Doc Crow’s Southern Smokehouse & Raw Bar – Louisville, KY

Overnight – Jeffersonville, IN (just across the river from Louisville)

Friday

Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory – Louisville

Falls of the Ohio State Park – Jeffersonville, Indiana

Missouri History Museum – St. Louis

St. Louis Zoo – St. Louis

Overnight St. Louis

Saturday

Gateway Arch and Old Courthouse – St. Louis

Cathederal Basilica of St. Louis – St. Louis

Cape Girardeau, MO

Dinner at the Pig on Beale  – Memphis

Overnight – Memphis

Sunday

Sun Studio Tour – Memphis

Drive Home