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February New Thing!

In my first post of 2012 I told you about the resolution that Tilton and I made to try one new thing each month.  In January we went tubing at Paoli Peaks in Paoli, Indiana, and last Sunday we completed our “February New Thing”.  I surprised Tilton (well, TRIED to surprise him, but he discovered my secret plan on Saturday afternoon—it was completely my fault… I’m terrible at being sneaky) with tickets to go zip-lining at the Louisville Mega Cavern! And IT. WAS. AWESOME.
Don’t get me wrong, I was completely scared out of my mind once we got into the cavern and onto the zip-line course…but it was one of those exciting scary feelings, where you get that rush of adrenaline and you love every second of it!

And our tour guides were fantastic and hilarious!  We even learned a few cool factoids on the tour.  For example, did you know that the Mega Cavern is mostly made of limestone, which helps support two of Kentucky’s biggest moneymakers—Horse racing and bourbon making.  The limestone is packed full of vitamins and minerals, and because the Kentucky horses eat grass that is grown above that limestone, and the vitamins and minerals from the limestone leach out into the grass, the horses basically get a daily multivitamin when they eat that grass, which obviously results in awesome horses!  AND, the water that’s used in the Kentucky bourbon distilleries is “limestone water”.  So to make Kentucky Bourbon, you HAVE to use limestone water, which obviously results in awesome bourbon! 

So not only was our “February New Thing” crazy fun, but we also learned a thing or two about how awesome the city of Louisville and the state of Kentucky are! 

We are currently brainstorming ideas for our “March New Thing”, but haven’t come up with anything yet.  Do you have any ideas??  Leave me a comment with your suggestions…I’d love to hear them!

Until next time…
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