And the Buffalo Trace Distillery http://www.buffalotrace.com/ is in
walking (for a hiker) distance from the camping area and the hotel or
easily accessed by car.
I am curious what types of tours or sites people would be interested in.
We have a great walking tour of downtown Frankfort, Shaker village
http://www.shakervillageky.org/is less than an hours drive.
Horse farm tours area possibilty.
Frankfort itself has a great downtown, shops, restaurants, cafes, bars
all with in a few blocks of the Capitol Plaza Hotel and the River View
Park area.
pk
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Subject: Re: [BP] PTN/TFG/KY Preservation Rendezvous 2009
If you like bourbon, don't miss the Woodford reserve tour, between
Frankfort & Lexington. Also Boone Fort is just south of Lexington.
Larry2
---- Gabriel Orgrease <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> A PTN activity in KY has been a while coming, like years of talking
> went on -- but now here it is.
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> PTN/TFG/KY Preservation Rendezvous 2009
>
> This summer an event will take place in Frankfort Kentucky, the State
> Capitol, which will be something brand new for PTN members in more
> ways than one. First, it will be an outdoor event with on-site camping
> that will be very low cost and meant to be something to bring the
> whole family to. Second, we will be partnering with the Timber Framers
> Guild to put on the event so PTN members and TFG members will have a
> chance to get to know one another while enjoying the festivities. Our
> sponsors for this event are the Kentucky Heritage Council, the
> Frankfort Tourism Commission and the City of Frankfort.
>
> Cove Spring Meat House
>
> The week will start out with two workshops. One will be to start the
> restoration of the first period log meat house at Cove Spring Park,
> where the camping and camp kitchen will be. Attendees who enroll in
> the log meat house workshop will have an opportunity to learn how to
> document and draw a log structure, as well as how to properly
> deconstruct, assess and store the components. The restoration will be
> completed during IPTW 2010 which will also take place in Frankfort.
>
> Blacksmith Shed constructed at IPTW 2005 at Belmont Technical College,
> St. Clairsville, Ohio.
>
> The other workshop will be laying out and cutting a white oak picnic
> shelter like the timber frame that we built at IPTW 2005 in Belmont.
> Students who enroll in that workshop will have the opportunity to
> learn square rule layout, cutting square rule joinery and using hand
> and power tools. The picnic shelter workshop will take place at the
> River View Park but instructors and students of both workshops will be
> able to camp and eat right at Cove Spring Park.
>
> The workshops will run from June 27th through July 1st and the
> Preservation Rendezvous will begin on July 1st and run through July
4th.
> The first day of the rendezvous attendees will be invited to join in
> on the raising of the picnic shelter and the last day will end with
> Frankfort fabulous fireworks display. Attendees will be welcome to
> stay and camp that night and enjoy Frankfort on Sunday before heading
home.
> Frankfort is a beautiful historic town with lots of small shops and
> places to eat all within comfortable walking distance. For folks who
> don't feel like camping there are lots of local B&Bs and the Crown
> Plaza Hotel has offered us some very good rates as well. It's right
> across the street from the River View Park where many of the
> rendezvous activities will be taking place and easy walking distance
> from historic downtown Frankfort.
>
> During the rendezvous there will be lots of outdoor demonstrations
> similar to what we do at an IPTW but here they will include
> demonstrations by TFG members and PTN members. A full listing will be
> posted on the PTN and TFG websites for you to review. We also have a
> couple of bus tours planned so you can learn more about the Frankfort
> area and its history. In the evenings there will be lots of
> opportunities to meet new friends and catch up with old ones around
> the campfire. That might also be a good time to practice your axe
> throwing or refine your trebuchet launching skills. We've also been
> promised to be entertained by some of Frankfort's local musicians
> which will no doubt be a highlight of the event, so mark you calendars
> now and make sure to plan on bringing the family. When you plan your
> trip, make sure to plan some time driving some of Kentucky's country
> roads for some real "site" seeing. The endless horse pastures are
> interspersed with beautiful tobacco barns and bounded by drystacked
> limestone fences you don't want to miss.
>
> Keep your eyes on the websites www.PTN.org and www.TFGuild.org for
> more information and registration. We'll see you in Kentucky and we'll
> all have an experience to remember!
>
> Rudy R. Christian
> Executive Director
> Preservation Trades Network
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