Inside view of the large structure.įirst impressions were great. We crossed a dry ditch and continued to follow the trail until something in front of us began to show itself through the thick trees.

A foot trail veered off to the side so we followed it. The trek was downhill for a bit until we ran into some trees and debris on the road. The road was impassible so we pulled off to the side and starting walking. We took an educated guess on which one was the way to “Hotel California”. We turned around at this point and decided to pick the best-looking old logging road. It’s basically an abandoned state highway that serves a couple of backcountry camping sites (and I might add some ideal tent locations). The road intersected with the old Kentucky 522, which today doesn’t have an LBL road number assigned. We saw three potential logging roads and weren’t sure which one it was.Įventually we ended up past Smith Cemetery. Then we began looking for an old logging lane that was just over a mile down the road. From The Trace, we took LBL 112 and drove 1.7 miles to LBL 120. The location of “Hotel California” was somewhere near Lake Barkley’s Demumbers Bay. My wife and I sat out from our home for the northern end of LBL. provided me with an opportunity for a little adventure, I knew what we’d be doing for our kid-less Saturday. I had heard of this place before but never felt the urge to investigate. He went on to give me some pretty good directions and a link to someone’s Flickr photos of the structure. He asked if I had ever been to “Hotel California” in LBL and that he had found it. Jewell who visits our website frequently and enjoys exploring like us. The night before, I received an email from a gentleman named T.J. We actually knew this was coming a few days in advance, but we weren’t sure what we were going to do with six hours of total freedom.

Saturday, September 28th was one of those rare-ish days the chance arose for us to do something without the little guys. But I love my kids and wouldn’t trade them for anything.įinding sitters to watch both kids simultaneously can sometimes be challenging. Then when our children arrived, those opportunities became far and few between. One of my favorite pastimes was to head out and explore Land Between The Lakes with my wife. It’s hard to get to do things you want to do when you have a couple of kiddos to take care of.

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