Calling all Kentucky Bluegrass DVCers

Enjoyed reading your TR. :thumbsup2 We just returned last weekend and will do just a brief one later, ours are not that interesting.

One option for traveling you may look into is going down 75 instead of 65. It will add more time coming from Owensboro, but you bypass all the major cities.

We have not driven for several years now (we don't like driving, DH gets too sleepy)

After several times getting stuck in Atlanta we switched and would go from Louisville to Knoxville on 75 to the Carolina's then go down 95. It really only added about 30 minutes for us and it's a beautiful drive. We always made it a 2 day drive.
 
Any one liking all of the rain in the blue grass? Over 4 inches of rain since late thursday. I'll be posting some video of the heavy rain on April 23 in the late afternoon. My rain gauge showed 1.25 inches of rain in the 15 mins of rain. Amazing!!


Anyone else having the same rain?:eek:
 
It looks like a big flooding event is in the works. I feel so bad for those having to leave their homes and possessions. We are safe and sound here in Etown. If this keeps up the horses will be swimming for the finish line at the Derby.

Great to hear from Metzger01. We visited Vero last fall and spoke to some locals who said there were still some good property opportunities. It is a nice area. Is there a market for rentals if someone wanted to buy now and move in a couple years?
 
It looks like a big flooding event is in the works. I feel so bad for those having to leave their homes and possessions. We are safe and sound here in Etown. If this keeps up the horses will be swimming for the finish line at the Derby.

Great to hear from Metzger01. We visited Vero last fall and spoke to some locals who said there were still some good property opportunities. It is a nice area. Is there a market for rentals if someone wanted to buy now and move in a couple years?

I guess that all depends upon the price range you are speaking of. I will say that someone just purchased a foreclosure at auction next door to me for $125,000 and after putting in $10,000 and 3 weeks has it on the market for $174, 900, and already has a contract on it. So yes, I think if you could pick up a short sale or distressed seller or foreclosure auction, you could definitely rent it out to cover your expenses and maybe a small profit. But once again, it would depend upon the price range you are speaking of.
 

Enjoyed reading your TR. :thumbsup2 We just returned last weekend and will do just a brief one later, ours are not that interesting.

One option for traveling you may look into is going down 75 instead of 65. It will add more time coming from Owensboro, but you bypass all the major cities.

We hate Atlanta, so tried 65 this time. We avoided it, but it was too long a drive. I'll look into that 95 route. When we leave KY, we go 75, leave in the evening and hit Atlanta around 1:00 - 2:00 AM. Well, there is no traffic at that time and we cruise through. But, driving home is a different story. I've thought about driving 1/2 way back, staying the night, and then drive the rest of the way the next day.
 
We have been home from WDW for 8 days now and I think all it has done is rain since we been home. We are up to about 6 1/2 inches here in Floyds Knobs. House is dry but my driveway has taken a beaten. DH & DS have been carpooling to work in downtown Louisville. DS lost his parking area due to the flooding.

I am ready to go back to WDW. :yay:

Short trip report: It was beautiful weather the whole week. Temps 88 - 92. Stayed at BWV and enjoyed walking to Epcot every day. DH wore a pedometer and we walked about 67 miles for the whole week.

Ate breakfast a Kouzzina's & character breakfast at CP, lunch at B&C, dinner at Big River Grille & the Turf Club throught out the week.

The Magic, The Memories & You Castle show is a wonderful show that Disney has put together. We watched it several times and enjoyed it even more each and every time and of course Wishes is always good. Looks like our night shows and weather were better than the Thunder party.

Now it is back to a busy work schedule, but at least we are rested up after a wonderful relaxing trip to our second "home".

DH & I are becoming more of a Disney escapist than a Disney addict these days but I think they go hand and hand.

Love our DVC. :banana:
 
I voted too! Go KY!

On another topic.... 11.5 inches of rain in Elizabethtown so far this month. My brother is the lead forcaster at the weather station at Ft. Knox and says there is more to come. Hope everyone is safe.

Metzger01...Thanks for the info. That is the range of property we would be looking at, and short sale is the way to go. Do you have a feel for how the rental market is for these homes once they are purchased? We would be interested in some investment income before a move could be arranged in a few years.
 
trip report: It was beautiful weather the whole week. Temps 88 - 92. Stayed at BWV and enjoyed walking to Epcot every day. DH wore a pedometer and we walked about 67 miles for the whole week.

Ate breakfast a Kouzzina's & character breakfast at CP, lunch at B&C, dinner at Big River Grille & the Turf Club throught out the week.

The Magic, The Memories & You Castle show is a wonderful show that Disney has put together. We watched it several times and enjoyed it even more each and every time and of course Wishes is always good. Looks like our night shows and weather were better than the Thunder party.

Now it is back to a busy work schedule, but at least we are rested up after a wonderful relaxing trip to our second "home".

DH & I are becoming more of a Disney escapist than a Disney addict these days but I think they go hand and hand.

Love our DVC. :banana:

Glad you had a great trip & that is a lot of miles. We didn't make it to Kouzzina for breakfast. That was really the only place we didn't get to try that I wanted. I really liked ESPN club.

Going to Food and Wine fest 10/23-10/28. Any other Kentuckians there that week?

We're going two weeks before that. BLT!!
 
We really enjoyed eating at Kouzzina's for breakfast. We wanted to do dinner but never was able to work it in. Will have to keep it on my list to do.

Will not be down there for the food & wine fest. We will be going end of June and then again second week in December for the holiday decorations. Hard to pass up our December trip, it always gets me in the spirit of Christmas.
 
I voted too! Go KY!

On another topic.... 11.5 inches of rain in Elizabethtown so far this month. My brother is the lead forcaster at the weather station at Ft. Knox and says there is more to come. Hope everyone is safe.

Metzger01...Thanks for the info. That is the range of property we would be looking at, and short sale is the way to go. Do you have a feel for how the rental market is for these homes once they are purchased? We would be interested in some investment income before a move could be arranged in a few years.

Hope all that rain stops before we head up that way in about a week.

As for the rental market here, all I can compare it to is Louisville, since I lived there so long. The rental market in Louisville is definitely stronger. That is to say that you could probably get a couple hundred dollars more for similar property in Louisville than down here. But then again, property took a much bigger hit here than in Louisville. I'm probably not the best qualified to give you accurate information, but if you'd like, you can email me and I'll give you an excellent realtor that is very knowledgeable about short sales. Unfortunately our realtor was not, but the seller's realtor helped us out immensely, and I would highly recommend her.
 
Metzger01.....thanks for the info. When we get the chance to look I may send a PM to get that name from you. Thanks!

DisneyStoryMania.....Welcome to another Elizabethtown resident and congrats on joining DVC! You'll love the forums here on DIS. I learned more about how our DVC works here than anywhere. Lots of great advice on how to get the most from your contract. :cool1:
 
Hey, This is a great thread.:thumbsup2

Elizabethtown here, love meeting DVCers we are new to the club but so far see nothing wrong with it.:cool1:

How is everyone enjoying the weather...booo

Everyone go vote for the Bluegrass....
VOTE FOR WHICH STATE HAS THE MOST DVC'ers HERE

We needed something to curb our obsession.....

Welcome to the club. I voted!!:thumbsup2

Hope all that rain stops before we head up that way in about a week.

As for the rental market here, all I can compare it to is Louisville, since I lived there so long. The rental market in Louisville is definitely stronger. That is to say that you could probably get a couple hundred dollars more for similar property in Louisville than down here. But then again, property took a much bigger hit here than in Louisville. I'm probably not the best qualified to give you accurate information, but if you'd like, you can email me and I'll give you an excellent realtor that is very knowledgeable about short sales. Unfortunately our realtor was not, but the seller's realtor helped us out immensely, and I would highly recommend her.

Here in Mt Washington we received just a bit more then 9" of rain:scared1:

We are getting a new roof. WooHoo. We also had added to our roof 13" of extra insulation and a new vented roof. In the past hour and 15 mins. they have got most of the roof and old paper already off. I'll try to post some photo's later. This is turning out to be a good day. I woke up early so I could get the this ready for the roofers. They have to enter to plug up the vents so it helps with cooling of the roof. And lower electric bills!!

Thanks again,

John:hippie:
 
We really enjoyed eating at Kouzzina's for breakfast. We wanted to do dinner but never was able to work it in. Will have to keep it on my list to do.

Will not be down there for the food & wine fest. We will be going end of June and then again second week in December for the holiday decorations. Hard to pass up our December trip, it always gets me in the spirit of Christmas.

The dinner menu didn't look good to me. It had 1 seafood dish that sounded ok, but that was it.
 
I keep reading about dessert party. I asked on a couple of other threads but did not get a response, figuring someone on the KY thread would know. Can you help a fellow KY girl out? Does anyone know where/how to book the dessert party at MK?:confused3
 

















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