Today was the day to drive around and look at horses and horse stuff. First, I went back over to the gift shop at Buffalo Trace to get a couple of bottle stoppers (like the one in yesterday's post) for my mom. Then, I called to see if I could…
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It rained a little earlier this morning and now the deck is wet with leaves and there's just a little bit of fog over the water, traveling slowly with the current. It's completely silent except for an occasional bird chirp, or if something disturbs the white geese down on the…
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Top: Our bottle of Blanton's from Buffalo Trace Distillery (Frankfort, KY)Bottom: Churchill Downs at night (Louisville, KY)
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Last night we drove into Frankfort to see the older historic area and to grab some early dinner. We were originally going to go to this place below — Rick's White Light Diner. Online it looked like it was open today until 5pm, but it was closed when we got…
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Today after we dropped our truck off at the local Ford dealer (it should be fixed by tomorrow!) and got our rental car for five dollars a day, we headed off to check out the Buffalo Trace Distillery. We went on the distillery tour and it was interesting and informative.…
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We got up early this morning (with the help of that extra hour!) and were on the road before 9am. Yeah, shush, it's early for us. The drive through the Smoky Mountains was gorgeous. Pretty much looked like this (and better) the whole time: Then through Tennessee and on to…
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Okay I'm going to start at the end of the day. Jim and Lisa (friends we met in Austin a month or so ago) invited us over to have dinner and drinks at their place…great food and great people! It was a fabulous way to end our visit here. Before…
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I can see how people come here to visit and never leave. It's a great city…reminds us both a little of Portland, actually. We got up early to go grab breakfast and walk around downtown a bit before we started our work day. I took quite a few photos of…
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Here's the view from our campsite here at Bear Creek RV Park & Campground: We came in last night after dark but woke up to a gorgeous morning. I wish we were going to be here more than two nights! (And I think I need to buy another sweater.) 🙂
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Do you hear that?What?That woop woop woooop sound?No.Is that just a suspension squeak or something?Dunno. Feel that jerking?Isn't that just the bumpy road?No, it's like a tugging – like something's pulling us backward.Seems like just the bumps in the road to me.No, it is different… WHOOOMP! Bing! Uh oh – we've…
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