LEXINGTON, KY trip .. April 2008

My sister, brother-in-law and I flew to Kentucky for a few days to look at some property and check out the area. We had an absolutely awesome time .. we all loved Lexington .. very clean, nice buildings, glorious houses .. the area surrounding the city is filled with horse farms with rolling green hills.


There are quite a few fountains in Lexington, making the city center a very attractive place.


Almost all the buildings and houses are built of red brick .. I just love them .. of course, that wouldn't fly in California .. too many tremors ..





And most have the white pillars out front .... giving them that "TARA" look ...

We went to the races at Keenland race track and sat in a box right on the finish line. I was concerned that by not having binoculars, I wouldn't be able to follow the race but there was a humongous video screen across from us so everyone could watch the race with no problem. I didn't win until the last race and I have a photo of that horse going away at the end ...

One afternoon we took a tour of some of the horse ranches in the area ... they seemed to range from 2,500 acres to well over 5,000 .. and most go for $25,000/acre.
We pulled off the road and I took this photo from the entrance way to one of the ranches. You can see the large house in the background ... but couldn't take the photo without including the flowers and the tree.


We got to meet, up close and personal, Street Sense the 2007 Kentucky Derby winner ... we also met Bernardini, a Preakness winner .. both stand for $100,000. Hard Spun was a 2nd in the Derby and Breeders Cup, and 3rd in the Preakness and Belmont .. he stands for $50,000. We met five other stallions with various pedigrees.



This is Street Sense ... isn't he magnificent?





We visited the replica of Fort Boonesborough which Daniel Boone settled .. the replica is next to where the original was built and is true to that period. This photo is the inside of a larger cabin with a loft. There are people there in costume performing tasks that would have be done in Boone's time .. making candles, soap, tanning hide, etc.
There's an introductory video explaining how Fort Boonesborough came about .. and there's only one photo of Daniel Boone (and he looked like a typical Englishman of the time)! And no, he never wore a coonskin cap .. he didn't believe in having animal hide on his skin.