Rabbit Hash

During our first full day in Kentucky, we had a marvelous time just chilling with our cousins and getting some energy back after being kind of tuckered out. The younger kids swam, the older ones talked, and we all had a jolly good time. And to wrap up the evening, we went to Rabbit Hash.

No, seriously, we did.

And it was crazy fun. Mostly because it was such a delightful reminder of rural America!

Yes, there really is a little tiny town in northern Kentucky called “Rabbit Hash”. The mayor is literally a stray dog (a cute little red border collie) that lives in the area (don’t ask us to try to explain it…we really don’t know). And if you’ve got anything named Rabbit Hash, it probably deserves a viewing. Thus the elder Grants and Britains set off one fine KY evening to spend an hour out in Rabbit Hash!

Rabbit Hash’s only attraction is a quaint, very old little country store that’s been around for just shy of forever, and which serves as the local hangout for bikers, jamming musicians, and residents in the evenings and on the weekends. There is an incredibly diverse and very fun assortment of totally random items for sale, from country soaps and caramels to swing dancing skirts to corn-cob pipes and pretty much everything in between. And lo and behold, to the Grant girls’ delight, there was an old piano in the corner with a sign inviting people to play if they knew how. Fortunately for us, we knew how, so of course we had to give it a go! We decided it felt very appropriate to pull out some old hymns (and after a quick historical deliberation regarding whether KY was a Union or Confederate state, chose to go with “Dixie” rather than “The Battle Cry of Freedom”). It was SO neat to hear Amazing Grace and Come Thou Fount fill the little crowded room...it felt just like stepping back in time! Some of the folks in the store even stopped to listen. That little store was well worth the excursion!

The store is filled with random articles like this old typewriter.  

And this very fat and very contented kitty.

And these knives. 

This picture's a bit fuzzy, but you get the jist!

And then there's this cute old piano!!!

Looking over into Ohio across the Ohio River. 

And...a somewhat creative way to differentiate between the gents and the gals. Yes, the other side's for does.