Lake Cumberland houseboat Savor the Great Outdoors Caves, coves, beaches, shorelines, mountains, woodlands. Kentucky State Parks are wonderlands of outdoor fun and adventure. Nature lovers and outdoor enthusiasts can easily work up an appetite hiking, biking, golfing, swimming, boating, birding, fishing, paddling and playing at any one of the 49 state parks peppered throughout the state. Seventeen of the parks have restaurants, many of them overlooking lakes, and all of them serving up dishes made with locally grown and sourced products. Catfish, country ham, pinto beans, pimento cheese, corn cakes, buttermilk fried chicken and other food faves are all the more delicious because they are fresh from a garden or farm located in the same community. Whether going underground to explore the subterranean world of Mammoth Cave , into the water at the twin gems of Kentucky Lake or Lake Barkley , or over land thundering across 250-plus acres of natural beauty by horseback at Whispering Woods Riding Stables , Kentucky has activities aplenty for anyone with a hunger for adventure. And when you’ve crawled through your last tunnel, flipped your final underwater somersault or galloped into the homestretch, there is a place to satisfy your hankering for what Kentucky does best: crave-worthy cuisine. From the meatloaf with secret sauce at the new Feed Shed Café in Horse Cave to the perfectly seasoned slabs of juicy pork chops (and “mile-high” pies!) at Patti’s 1880s Settlement in Grand Rivers to the sit-down comfort of Rodney’s on Broadway in Georgetown, restaurants know how to satisfy both a sweet and savory tooth. Fill up on History So many people, both those putting down roots and those passing through, have left their imprint on Kentucky’s soil, across the pages of its history and in its recipes and restaurants, stewpots and celebrations. In Hopkinsville, the Trail of Tears Commemorative Park hosts an annual intertribal PowWow with dancing, storytelling and demonstrations relating to the rich heritage of the Native American peoples – and a chance to taste authentic fry bread. It is a simple staple that originated with the Navajo Indians, a sacred tradition for many and a story steeped in great suffering. At Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill , the Shakers once sought to create utopia on this rolling land in Harrodsburg. Now a Discovery Destination, the historic landmark shares 3,000 acres of discovery in the spirit of the Kentucky 10 1-800-225-8747 / 1-800-225-TRIP
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