Lexington,Kentucky

We arrived in Lexington Thursday afternoon and spent Friday touring downtown.

In downtown we found Mary Todd Lincoln's home. Since we were there we took a nice tour that was informative and interesting.







The rooms weren't as  large as the Biltmore but were just as interesting. This is the living room she used as a child.






This is the bedroom used by Mary's parents when she was growing up. It was interesting that she and Abe were from such different backgrounds.


We visited the Henry Clay estate but took no pictures since they were not allowed inside and it was raining outside. Really the only rainy day we have had.

Saturday was all about horses.



We headed to the Thoroughbred
Center to watch the morning workout and visit with some owners and trainers.

We met Donte' who both owns and trains horsed. An interesting guy who trains 12 to 13 horses per day so he's riding about 4 hours a day.



The horses used the one mile track there for doing their workouts which includes walking, trotting galloping and full out race galloping.

We visited the stables and found this owner with his horse. Everyone was friendly including the horses and again we got lots of information.





In the afternoon we took a 4 hour driving tour of the horse farms in the area. The farms are beautiful with well manicured grounds and painted fences.

The tour driver and guide saw some horses along the road so we stopped and spent time just getting to know them

Sharleen got up close and personal with this one. The horse was friendly and enjoyed the attention.






Down the road a little ways was another pretty farm.

We were able to go into a couple of the farms and see the operation of a Kentucky horse farm up close. It's lots of work so a passion for horses is required.



We  have a day of rest (Sunday) and tomorrow we will go to Frankfort to tour a bourbon distillery. It's then off to Mammoth cave national park for two days. More from there.









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