Lexington pictures

I thought Transylvania was in Europe, but here's the University.

I just love these old homes back east, oh wait a minute, the people out east think this is west!

An old church.

Mary Lincoln Todd's childhood home.

They just love statues of horses in Kentucky.

The stables for the horse farms around here are fancier than any home I ever lived in.

I never did figure out why they have the double fences. If anyone knows, please comment and share it with me.

Johnston's Inn, built before 1784. It was a tavern and stagecoach stop from 1796 though 1812. It is now a private residence.

I even got to go to Paris. Paris, KY, that is.

Another tavern, circa 1788.

Another unique building in Paris.

This new stable is still being built just outside of Paris. If this is the stable, I sure would love to see the house!

The Kentucky Horse Farm. Outside of one of many of their barns and pastures.

The indoor arena had the vaulting championships going on. This was the compulsory class. I'm reminded of gymnastics on top of a moving horse.

This frisky fella wanted out.

There are several shows put on daily. Here is a demonstration of horse jumping.

This was a show about the different breeds and where they came from. Everyone got dressed up accordingly.

Frankfort pictures

Buffalo Trace Distilleries warehouses their bourbon in brick warehouses.

Here they are getting ready to roll some barrels into the warehouse.

 

Daniel Boone is buried in Frankfort, KY. He settled the area around Frankfort, but later went west to Missouri where he died. Later he was brought back to Frankfort, along with his wife, for a final resting place and memorial.

Daniel Boone's grave overlooks the river to the Kentucky state capitol building in Frankfort.

More Louisville area pictures.

Although we were only in the Louisville area for a week, we sure did a lot. I had more pictures than I realized, so here are the pictures of places we saw outside of Louisville.

A few people took a break and rode the go carts.

We had quite a group at Grandma's RV Park in Shepherdsville, KY.

In Bardstown we had lunch at this 200 year old tavern. It has been a place for food, drink and lodging continuously for over 200 years.

The visitor center and city office building in the middle of town square.

This old jail house was built in 1797 and operated as a jail until 1987. I wonder what that guy is locked up for?

Heaven Hill Distillery warehouse. Notice the color. Only Makers Mark paints theirs a dark brown. They say it is so they don't have to wash off the black mold, like above.

Inside the warehouse.

More horses in Bardstown.

City Hall in Elizabethtown town square.

Many of these little towns have a roundabout circling the town square. (Maybe it should be town circle?)

The characters from our guided walk around Elizabethtown, circa 1850s.

General Custer and a local lawyer of the times.

Ft. Duffield overlooking the Ohio River.

The cobblestone Louisville-Nashville Turnpike built in 1839, West Point, KY. This was a major stagecoach route through this area along the Ohio River.

Old church, established in West Point in 1789.

Stagecoach stop, built in 1797. Still in use today as a bed and breakfast. I think there were over 20 homes listed on the National Register as historic places, many over 200 years old. I wonder how many buildings from today will still be standing in 200 years.

Abraham Lincoln was born south of Elizabethtown. Built in a similar fashion as Lincoln's memorial, it houses a replica of the cabin he was born in.

The birthplace of Abraham Lincoln.

The bridge on I-65 crossing the Ohio River in Louisville.

Another bridge crossing the Ohio River in Louisville.

Louisville area pictures

Dam and power plant on the Ohio River.

Lock on the Ohio River.

There were many horses like this in the Louisville area. I took pictures of 19, Wanda got over 22 and only a few were the same. I don't know how many there really are but I know a lot.

Another pretty horse downtown.

And they actually have real horses too.

The Louisville Slugger Ball Field.

The Louisville Slugger Museum and Factory.

Out front is a bronze plaque and bat for many famous ball players. Above is Babe Ruth's.

Here is a worker putting the label on the bat.

Next door this was on the side of the building.

Churchill Downs. First time lady luck didn't work for me, I lost every race.

And the winner is......

Fireworks over the Ohio River.

Makers Mark warehouse. Notice the color.

A new charred, white oak barrel. One of the requirements for Bourbon.

Mash tub. Gallons and gallons of fermenting grains.

The almost 5 story still.

See the liquid flowing in the center of the glass viewing tube. That is 'white dog'. It's only moonshine when there is no license and it's illegal.

Samples after the tour!

The Belle of Louisville where we whiled away the afternoon, on the old steam paddlewheel boat, down the Ohio River.

They actually played this authentic calliope. Only it was mounted on the top deck instead the second deck when it was originally installed over 100 years ago.

Markings of how high the flood got in 1937.