Fredericksburg Christmas Parade

Mom made us dress up in red coats with lights for the Chsristmas parade. At least she did not make us wear Santa hats or reindeer antlers. It was very majical since it was snowing

VAGA is the greyhound Adopton group we belong to.
There are pics before the parade and the last one is marching in the parade. Mom always manages to find those kodak moments.

Rockbridge Winery

More grape vines to run thru. The winer had a puppy that we could play with. What fun. While Mom sampled wine, we ran and ran.

One last winery before we make it home. We are running out of space in the car for us and the wine. Pretty soon, Mom is going to have to make a choice, us or wine. We Wonder??????

Shennendoah Winery

Of Course, we had to hit another winery before we made it home.

Fall Colors of the Shennendoah

Humpback Bridge

Humpback Bridge - one of 6 covered bridges still left in Virginia. This is pretty neat. The story behind covered bridges is that they were a great place for "courting" It was a good place to stop horse and buggy for a snuggle on a cool evening.

If you are quiet, one can hear the klippty klop of horse going across the bridge.

Virginia

We are getting closer to home. We are back in the home state of Virginia. It does feel good.

New River

Overlooking the New River in Southern West Virginia. The New River is the second oldest river in the world next to the Nile. Was named the New River for when explores first saw it, the river was not mentioned on any map so it was "NEW" to them. Beautiful overlook.

West Virginia

We are in West Virginia heading for home. We have had loads of fun but will be good to be back to our own bed in Virginia.

Horse farms-Lexington, KY

There are 450 horse farms in Lexingon, making it the horse capitol of the world.


Horses at several different farms.

Thoroughbred Park

Thorougbred Park in Lexington. We are part of the race. Running fast. Lookout for all the horses coming straight at you.

Retired Race Horses

Cigar, a retired racehorse. won 1995 Breeders Cup. generated almost 10 million in winnings


Alysheba, a grand race horse who has spent the last 8 years in Saudia Arabia. The king returned him to his birthplace of Kentucky. 1988 Horse of the Year. Father was Aldyar and his ancestory goes back to War Admiral and Man of War. A magnificent horse

Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington. Retired race horses spend thier golden years here.

The first picture is of the statue of Secretariet, the middle picture is of Man of War, and the third is the entrance to the park. Man of War sired War Admiral who despite winning numerous races is best remembered for losing to Sea Busquit.

Kentucky winery

Of course, we had to visit a Kentucky Winery. Very good. There was an enclosed area among the grapes where we got to run. Yeah. Mom has decided that we should visit a winery in every state. So far we on this trip we have hit 6 wineries. Only 44 more state wineries to go.

Bufallo Trace Distillery

Buffalo Trace Distillery ___________________________________Smelling the brew

Barells of Bourbon ____________With the mascot of Buffalo Trace

Kentucky is known for horses and bourbon, so of course we had to take a tour of a distillary. It was quite interesting. Even thought we don't like bourbon, Mom had to have a taste and she has decided to stick with wine. Bufallo Trace is located on the crosssroads of where the buffalo would travel to water and grass. This distillary was one of 4 to continue to operate even during prohibition. It was granted a special license to continue to make bourbon for medicinal purposes, and doctors would write prescriptons for bourbon use.

The city of Frankfort, Kentucky

Overlooking the city, the capitol and the Kentucky River from Daniel Boone's gravesite

Daniel Boone's grave

Daniel Boone and his wife Rebecca are buried in Frankfort in a cemetary overlooking the capitol and the Kentucky River.

Kentucky's Capitol

Front of the capitol__________________ side view___________________ an overlook view

Capitol of Kentucky is Frankfort. Kentucky was part of Virginia until it became a state in 1792. This building is the 4th and was completed in 1910

The dome is modeled after the one over Napolean's tomb in Paris. The grand staircase inside is reminescent of the Paris Opera House.

Kentucky

We have made it to Kentucky. known for horses, bourbon and hills of bluegrass.

Illinois-Indiana

We have sped thru Illinois and Indiana. On the way home so ....

These 2 signs are located across the street from one another. One minute we are in Illinois and the next minute we are in Indiana. As you can tell we are in a small town. Indiana in town and Illinois in a field.