Day Trips Cincinnati style from

Many First Farm Inn guests enjoy a comfortable night's stay and a full country breakfast with us before visiting Answers in Genesis. Just two miles from the creation museum, we also offer B & B guests a discount on the one-day adult passes. And if you haven't been there lately, Answers in Genesis has added a petting zoo this year. It makes a great day trip, Cincinnati style!

1. Get up as early as you dare (from 5 a.m. on) and search for bargains at the Burlington Antique Show at the fairgrounds on Idlewild Rd. (Ky. 338), (3rd Sunday May-Oct.) or the Lawrenceburg Antique Show at the fairgrounds just off IN 50 (first Sunday May - Oct.)
2. Return for a great breakfast at 9 (or enjoy the breakfast picnic you’ve brought with you from First Farm Inn) then visit the Historic Burlington Merchants (Cabin Arts, Burlington Antiques) near the intersection of Idlewild Rd. and Ky. 18).
3. Go West on Ky. 18 to see Dinsmore Homestead 9-5 May-Oct.
4. Continue West on 18 to Rabbit Hash Hill Rd. Follow it into Rabbit Hash. Visit the 1830s General Store, the Treasure Hutch, the log cabin museum (open when volunteers are available) and watch Richard carve stone.
5. Continue South along 338/42 to Mall Road turn left or North. Turn left into the parking lot of Florence Antique Mall. (Open 10-6 Tues-Fri. 10-8 Sat. 12-6 Sun.)

1. Arrive at First Farm Inn after the 3 p.m. check in. Unpack, get your bearings and head to Southern Indiana -- Applewood or Acupulco’s for dinner.
2. After a big breakfast, ride horses with Jen. (Groups are limited to 5.)
3. Eat fried fish at Mr. Herbs in Hebron. (Follow Petersburg Rd. or Ky. 20 to the light at Hebron, go straight and it’s on your right about 1 mile past the light.) Or enjoy Italian food at Marcello's N. of I-275 at the Hebron exit on the right. Then go south on 237 to Ky 18.
4. Turn right on Ky. 18 and follow it to Dinsmore Homestead where you can learn about this homestead run by five generations of well educated and well connected women. Hike up to the cemetary. Hike Middle Creek Park across the road.
5. Continue West on 18 to Rabbit Hash Hill Rd. Follow it into Rabbit Hash. Visit the 1830s General Store, the Treasure Hutch, the log cabin museum (open when volunteers are available.)

1. After a big breakfast, head back East on I-275 to the Hebron Exit, then North to the Gap Outlet Center (second light on your left) where you can dig for bargains in women’s, men’s, children’s and baby clothes.
2. Back on North Bend Road, go south, past the interstate and the fire station to the Gallerie of Chocolate outlet on your right. It’s in the middle of the factory building with a big purple banner. (Closed Sun. & Mon.)
3. Follow North Bend or 237 to the intersection of KY 18. Turn right and follow 18 into Burlington. Eat anytime before 9 p.m. at the Little Place.
4. 9 a.m.- 5p.m. most days, visit the Historic Burlington Merchants (Cabin Arts quilt shop, Burlington Antiques)
5. Turn left on KY 18 and follow it to Mall Road where you can turn south or right to get to the Florence Antique Mall as well as mall and strip shopping.

1. Get up to six fellow quilters together for a couple days of reveling in your art. Book your stay with First Farm Inn where you can set up sewing machines, use our irons and ironing boards and sew all day or night.
2. Take some time off to shop Cabin Arts in Historic Burlington to stock up on fabulous supplies and get lots of inspiration. (Eat at the Little Place while you’re there. Stop by Burlington Antiques to pick up some well used quilts for your collection. Visit Dinsmore Homestead to see historic linens in use and head on down scenic Route 18 to Rabbit Hash General Store to look some more.
3. Get back on I-275 and head West to Indiana. Take the Lawrenceburg Exit, then turn left or south on IN 50 and follow it to Aurora and the Quilt Bug shop along the river across from Applewood Restaurant there.
4. The next day stop by Florence Antique Mall then continue south on I-75 to Dry Ridge and shop the big quilt shop there.

1. After a big First Farm Inn breakfast, start your tour of Western Boone County’s 40 miles of riverfront (the most riverfront of any county in the U.S.) Turn right at the end of Stevens Road on KY 20, follow the river. The road will fork with KY 18, stay right along the river.
2. Stop at The Store in Belleview if you need a soda or go on to Rabbit Hash 1830s General Store.
3. Get back on KY 338, pass the 1880s vintage East Bend Baptist Church and continue following along the river, turning South or right on KY 42/127. Stay on 42. Note the Mail Pouch Tobacco Barn at the county line.
4. Follow signs to the Markland Dam. Go North across the dam. Stop at the towering Belterra Casino for a break.
5. Continue North following the river to Rising Sun, IN. (Here is also the Grand Victoria Casino, which was an old riverboat.) Stop in at the shops and restaurants on the renovated riverfront or continue on to Aurora, IN where small town ambiance also abounds. Visit Times Gone By Café or Applewood Restaurant. Remember to mention your First Farm Inn discount.
6. If you haven’t eaten by the time you get to Lawrenceburg, turn left just past the high school on IN 50 and enjoy wonderful Mexican food at Acapulco’s just three blocks off the main road. (There is a great Chinese buffet right next to the Kroger’s as well.) Or head to the riverfront in Lawrenceburg - you can either try Bourbon's for American food & wraps or the Thai restaurant a block away.
7. Back on I-275 to cross the river and return to First Farm Inn.

1. Visit the 200+year old Bullitsville Baptist Church, right under I-275 at the Petersburg Exit North. Be sure to walk down the stone steps to the keyhole-shaped baptismal pool as well as hike around to the other side to see the stone crypt near the cemetery and the creek.
2. Take I-275 East to the Hebron Exit North and follow KY 8 where you can pick your own or select fruit from the stands at McGlassons Orchards along the Ohio River bottoms.
3. Follow KY 8 East to Constance and take the Anderson Ferry across the river. $3 per car.
4. Stop in at the Cincinnati Museum Center, the old train station. Don’t miss the prehistoric ice cave in the natural history section where you will see a recreation of the Giant Ground Sloth which was identified by President Thomas Jefferson from bones collected at Big Bone Lick and taken to the White House.
5. Coming back across the river, stop in at Covington’s MainStrauss Village for dinner at Chez Nora or De Felice or enjoy a calzone, salad or pasta creation at Indigo’s, north off the Buttermilk Pike exit, then right into the parkinglot.

1. Take KY 20 SW. The big white house near the road on the right is the George W. Terrill House built in 1865 to compete with his brother-in-law’s house on top the hill to the left. The J.C. Jenkins house was built in 1860 and recently renovated. Both are private homes.
2. Continue into Petersburg. Go straight at the stop sign and you will see the old Opera House on your right.
3. Continue through Belleview, then turn right on KY 18 and stop at Dinsmore Homestead for a tour of this 1840s homestead run by five generations of women. (May-Oct.)
4. Leaving Dinsmore, go West on KY18. Turn left as it merges into KY 20 and follow the signs to Rabbit Hash, where the 1830s vintage general store offers an eclectic assortment of snacks, gifts, antiques and artwork. Across the street is Riverside Stoneworks where proprietor Richard Young occasionally chisels stone outdoors. The Barn often holds musical activities and sells fun souvenirs when it’s open.
5. You can retrace your route back to KY 18 and visit or have dinner in Burlington or keep heading south and stop at Big Bone Lick State Park. A mile-long hiking trail, dioramas of mammoths and mastodons and a small buffalo herd offer interesting viewing.
6. From Big Bone Lick, follow 338 back to I-275 and the city of Florence.