Kade and Kate go to White Castle

Back home in Australia, around 2 or 3 years ago, Kade and I watched a documentary called Paperclips.  If you have never heard of it, look it up http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0380615/
The basic story line is:
Whitwell Middle School in rural Tennessee is the setting for this documentary about an extraordinary experiment in Holocaust education. Struggling to grasp the concept of six-million Holocaust victims, the students decide to collect six-million paper clips to better understand the extent of this crime against humanity. The film details how the students met Holocaust survivors from around the world and how the experience transformed them and their community.
The school ended up with a donated 'cattle car' that was used to transport Jewish in World War Two, and have set up a memorial to everyone who died using the tram and all the donated paperclips.  When you look at the picture, realise that  the paperclips are 3 feet deep in the tram.  One thing we really wanted to do was visit the memorial, and timed everything so we were able to visit it.  To see all the paper clips they had collected, to see the memorial, the fact we were standing in the tram that took the Jewish to their deaths more than 60 years ago, was a mind boggling experience.  The tram itself held the 6 million paperclips to represent the 6 million Jewish killed, and the memorial next to it housed 11 million paperclips to represent the 11 million people killed in total, Jewish, Blacks, homosexuals and others.
After the memorial we headed to get some bagels for lunch, and came across our first bridge that would of been too low.  It was 13'6'', and to our knowledge the RV is 14'.  We had to make a quick detour to try to miss the bridge and managed to get around it.  It was quite scary for a minute, but we survived :)  After the bagels, we headed to the Jack Daniels brewery for a tour.
The Jack Daniels tour was really interesting.  We learnt the difference between each of the different types of JD, and what makes the Jack Daniels Whiskey different to a Bourbon.  When we were at the stage where they filter the whiskey though the charcoal, he lifted the lid and let us smell.  I don't like Bourbon or whiskey, but it smelt sooo good.  There was no samples on this tour unfortunately, but it was still really interesting.

We arrived at the campground in Kentucky were we were spending the next two nights at, and realised we were one of only around 5 people there.  We decided to make a campfire and roast hot dogs over the fire.  We had a little trouble lighting the fire, using lighter fluid, so we ended up making it without but it took ages as we didn't have much kindling left.  We finally got it lit, and roasted our hot dogs and then our marshmallows over the fire.
The next day was spent relaxing around the campground, reading, watching a dvd, cleaning the RV, played poker using goldfish crackers as chips, basically having an easy day. 
Sunday we got up and headed to the Jim Beam factory for a tour.  Being a Sunday, they didn't have any tastings as the county can not serve alcohol on a Sunday, so we decided to come back the next day.  We went to go see a movie instead, but the timings were not good for us so we had KFC instead, a burger that has two chicken breasts instead of the bun.  It was nice :)
We went to the campground we were staying at, still in Kentucky, and played poker.  Monday we woke up and went to the Jim Beam tour, and tried the tastings which included Jim Beam Black and Booker's Bourbon.  I did not like either. Kade did :)
We then went to two different outlet shops and a Walmart, buying various items.  I only buy things on sale, and generally do not pay more than 10 for an item. Its good, as i have not bought much in the past few years back home, saving money, and now can get a new wardrobe for under $200 :)  We had White Castle for lunch, little slider burgers with fries and onion rings, and as the time was getting on, we had Outback Steakhouse for dinner.  We walked in, and laughed at the stereotypical Australian paraphernalia on the walls and on the menu.  I had the steak and crab legs and Kade had the ribs and chicken.  The meals were great, we were full, and thought the service was pretty reasonable.  When we got the bill, we were not charged for our cokes and when I asked about it the server said he gave us the cokes for free as he thought he didn't give us good service.  We thanked him and tipped him well, and left satisfied.
We pulled into the campground in Ohio, hooked up and watched TV for a while, and fell asleep.
Today we woke up, I watched Gilmore Girls with my morning cup of coffee, and then we unhooked and left.  We went to a local mall to do some shopping and grab a bite for lunch, and then drove to another outlet mall. Have I mentioned lately that I love outlet shops?  After buying a few shirts for $10 each, saving lots of money, we hopped back into the RV and drove to the campground we are at now.  We are near Cleveland, Ohio and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame museum, which we are seeing tomorrow all going to plan.

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2 Response to "Kade and Kate go to White Castle"

  1. Anonymous, on May 30, 2010 at 7:27 PM said:

    Sounds like you are eating well, Kade have you put on any weight yet?

  2. Kate Nicol, on June 2, 2010 at 11:52 AM said:

    We have both gained 3kg from the weights we were when we left, Kate is now 54kg and Kade is 62kg.
    Whos asking???