A Whirlwind Couple of Days--Paducah, Kentucky

Day 2 The booming metropolis of Peducah, KY:

Our first official event we did in Paducah was to see the quilt museum. Which sounds pretty lame (unless you’re my Mom), but was really very interesting and quite good. The quilts there weren't traditional quilts that one might sleep under, but fabulous pieces of art. The colors and patterns were such that it felt like an art museum...even better than an art museum.

They did have an antique quilt exhibit in one of the rooms. Morgan and I took our time poking fun at the quilts in there. Perhaps they would be nice "sentimental value" type quilts, but I didn't think they were museum worthy. They were all pretty drab and ordinary and somewhat holy. And not holy as in Jesus, but holy as in full of many holes. The lesson is that just because something is called an “antique” doesn’t mean it’s good. Some weren’t even symmetrical and the fabric just wasn’t good. Perhaps the only fabric to choose from in the early 1900's was drab and rough.

I found out after we got there that we couldn’t take any pictures inside the museum (bummer), so we got one outside. Archie is all about Honoring Today’s Quilter:

After that, we checked out the rest of downtown Paducah. It was okay, I guess…There were mostly "antique" stores which sold junk like old bottles and marbles and whatever bizarre stuff they got from people's attics.

I was a bit disturbed because I did happen see stuff in the shops that I played with as a child. In the mid 70's. In an "antique" store. I guess I'm having a hard time with calling toys I used to play with 'antiques'. When did that happen? I'm beginning to hear so-called classic rock which features bands and songs I used to listen to in high school. Classic Rock is supposed to be music that was featured in the early sixties and early seventies. Not the late eighties!! What's wrong with people??!! Phillip was quick to remind me that the eighties were 20 years ago and I might be getting old. Um...well...thanks...

I digress...Paducah...Ah...here we go! I would hate to live here because it just seems like there is nothing to do once you visited the quilt museum and walked the minuscule downtown area. Unless you like quilts a lot. Then there's probably plenty of activities to keep you busy.

We saw some Indians and an explorer while we were mulling around downtown and we decided to help them by assisting with holding up the flag and Archie helped to read the map:



There is a bunch of really great murals on the wall by the Ohio River. Here are a couple of pictures of that:

A little while later, we saw a train that was blocking our path, so we decided to push it out of our way.


After all that we were starving, so we picked up Phillip and had dinner at the Whaler. It was okay, but I’ve had better seafood in Mobile, where seafood actually comes from. I snagged a photo of Morgan…she eluded my camera all day long somehow.




After dinner, we had ice cream where they gave Archie a cool hat:



We went swimming at the hotel after Phillip went to work for the night. Archie is getting very good at swimming…he can make it a long way under water and he and Morgan pushed me in the pool several times. We stayed up super late so we wouldn’t wake Phillip up too early. We’re off to the Superman Museum in Metropolis, IL for Tuesday’s activity and Phillip is going to sacrifice his sleep and come with us.

Paducah is an okay place to visit if you happen to be really into quilting. Or it's nice to visit once, perhaps if you are on your way to another destination. You can pretty much do everything there is to do here in an afternoon. Again, if you’re into quilting, then you can easily occupy yourself for a weekend, with the super-huge Hancocks Fabrics here. So if you’re ever here for more than a day or so…bring a book or get a hotel with a pool!!