Dairy Freeze

The term "Dairy Freeze" has become a generic name-brand these days, with most shops independently owned and many of them never having been part of the original Ohio franchise to begin with. The variations seem endless - some are still the classic roadside cone stand, while others have morphed into actual sit-down restaurants and even barbecue joints.

Above: East Main Dairy Freeze, Lebanon, KY. Below: Dairy Freeze, Georgetown, KY.



Below: Middleburg Dairy Freeze, Middleburg, KY. According to Lady of the Woods, the elephant statue in their yard was a frequent victim of "elephant tipping" from local teens, and so is now mounted to a concrete base.





Previously here, we've also reported on two now-defunct Kentucky Dairy Freezes: Red River Dairy Freeze in Clay City, and the Cree-Mee Drive-in Dairy Freeze in Stanford.

Geodes

Kentuckians have grown up around geodes their whole lives, and because of this, probably didn't realize that people in many areas have never heard of them.

That's because geodes, though distributed widely, are very concentrated in Kentucky, Indiana, Iowa and Missouri; probably for some of the same reasons that caves are so plentiful here. According to Wikipedia:

Geodes are essentially rock cavities or vugs with internal crystal formations or concentric banding. The exterior of the most common geodes is generally limestone or a related rock, while the interior contains quartz crystals and/or chalcedony deposits. Other geodes are completely filled with crystal, being solid all the way through. These types of geodes are called nodules.

An eBay seller by the name of Miranda8912, based out of Liberty, KY, always has an interesting and goodly assortment of these mysterious hollow crystalline rocks for sale, including ones that rattle. These are the ones that are most likely to have nice crystal structures inside.