Kentucky Unbridled Spirit

How could we spend three days in Lexington KY, "The Horse Capital of the World" and get nothing but these photos of fake horses. Not to mention I took them in Louisville KY not Lexington!! Oh well, at least we saw lots of horses. In fact we spent three days at the Kentucky Horse Park Campground. We hadn't planned on three days but were told an Endurance Race was going on. This race was in preparation for the 2010 ALLTECH FEI World Equestrian Games. We've never been to a horse race so we thought here is our chance. Unfortunately, we woke to pouring rain and decided to leave. We headed to Elizabethtown KY. Kentucky is known for their bourbon distilleries. The limestone that filters the water as it seeps through is suppose to make nice bourbon. Our first distillery was Wild Turkey. We had an extensive tour of the distillery and learned the process of bourbon making. We were able to stick our fingers in the fermenting tubs and taste the mash at different stages of fermentation. They went from sweet to sour. We also got to sample the high wine(moonshine) about 130 proof. At the end of the tour we got to sample a smidgen of Derby Pie with honey bourbon on it. Yummy!! I love honey, so just had to get myself a bottle of American Honey Bourbon. It's sweeter and goes down real smooth. The photos alongside are of Wild Turkey Distillery. Next day we toured Jim Beam. All we got to see was a seven minute video and did get two shots of their bourbon and a piece of bourbon chocolate. My favorite way to get a taste of bourbon!!!
Our next stop was Louisville KY. Here I found The Little Loomhouse. This is a group of three 19th century board and batten cabins. They are listed on the National Register of Historic Places, Kentucky State Historical Site, and Louisville Landmark. They teach weaving here and preserve the work, research and collection of master weaver and author Lou Tate Bousman. I went in and had a private tour by one of the ladies. I told her my story of the Little Spinning Wheel I wanted when I was a kid, for Christmas. You know how TV makes stuff look real. It turned out to be plastic, of course, and mom just didn't know what to do, because that's all I wanted for Christmas. I don't think I ever made anything on it. She had me repeat my story to another woman who came in. The Esta house was the first place that the Happy Birthday song was sung.
Bruce decided we should go to the Louisville Slugger Museum and Factory. Out side the museum is a 120 ft, 68,000 pound steel bat. It is a replica of the bat Babe Ruth used.
Our last stop in Louisville was at Glassworks. We watched some glass blowing and wandered around the shop. Very pretty things.
Today we are in Park City where Mammoth Caves are. We took a 4 mile 41/2 and hour tour of the cave. It's not pretty but is the biggest cave in the world. Tomorrow we are going on Lantern tour which is 3 miles and takes 31/2 hours. We haven't seen the sun in days and it is chilly if not cold, so going down 270 ft below the ground is nice. It's warmer and dry.