Greetings from Horse Country....and it really is...the World Equestrian Games are beginning on Saturday here in Lexington, so the place is jumpin'.
We left a warm Memphis this morning to travel all day. For some reason we both feel it too. Part of it was the ride across I40 through Tennessee. Trees on both sides and nothing to look at - so that was pretty boring. We turned north (the first time in many a week!) onto I65 which wasn't much different.We picnicked at a rest stop right after we entered Kentucky. It was still very warm and quite breezy, but pleasant under the hickory trees.
Late in the day we did finally get off the beaten path to hunt down Abe Lincoln's birthplace. Signs appeared miles before we got there and the closer we got the fewer signs there were. We must have driven right by it from the opposite direction before we finally found it.
They have taken the cabin (can we be sure about this?) and put it inside a mausoleum-like structure to preserve it. No flash photos,etc. Not far from it and still on the premises is Nancy Lincoln's Inn with a few little cabins stuck around it. Now if they are trying to protect the solemnity of the site, how did Nancy and her little motor court get inside the hallowed National Parks ground, me wonders ?
The ride after that was on the Bluegrass Scenic Highway and was much better, finally turning into "horse country" and bringing us past Keeneland Race Track and some large horse farms.
Castle Farms has a house with a moat!
Nonetheless, we made it here safe and sound and have eaten. Life is good. They are experiencing record high temperatures here in Lexington so we have not escaped the heat.
Tomorrow we are scheduled for a Thoroughbred Heritage Tour (3 hours?)with a walk through Keeneland and a drive by of some other farms including Calumet. Hopefully we'll get to Mary Todd Lincoln's home before heading to West Virginia. We are at over 8,000 miles and still counting. We can see the light at the end of the tunnel and it's Pennsylvania!
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