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.

St Louis Gateway Arch

The Gateway Arch in St Louis.overlooking the Mississippi River. The arch is the tallest National Monument in the US standing at 630 feet. It was constructed between 1963 and 1965. There is a wonderful musuem, The Museum of Westward Expansion, below ground and tells the history of the westward movement. Mom always manages to find us grass and a closed in space to run and get some exercise. We are at the far end of the arch.

Hermann, Missouri, a large German Community located on the Missouri River. Lewis and Clark passed by here in May of 1804. Can just imagine them paddling upstream and coming ashore to explore and trade with the Indians and fur trappers.

Jefferson City Missouri

Jefferson City, capitol of Missouri. We are standing in front of Lewis and Clark Statue located on the side of the capitol. Thomas Jefferson is in the front entrance of the building. The captiol was completed in 1918. It is 238 feet tall and a bronze statue of Ceres, the goddess of vegetation is on top of the dome. More great grass to roll around on.

Lake of the Ozarks

Lake of the Ozarks in central Missouri, created in 1931 by the at the completion of Bagnell Dan

We are at Osage Beach, one of the many lakeshore communities that are all around the lake. The lake is large and beautiful.covering 17,626 acres and has over 1100 miles of shoreline.

The largest man made lakes in the Midwestern part of the US.

Powell Gardens

Powell Gardens outside of KC had a spcecial exhibit of sculptures from Zimbabwae. We stayed home again so the cousins, Judy and Susan, could enjoy the beauty of these unique and beautiful statues.

at the cousins in KC

After the single wide, we are at a house and a couch that is large enough for both of us. What luxury


In the front yard with cousins Susan and Jim Druen in Kansas City, MO. Jim was great. He took us for long walks and let us run while Susan and Judy were out "doing lunch" and "talking" and "siteseeing" What fun..



Welcome to Missouri-The Show Me State-

Kansas

We finally found an welcome to Kansas sign. they are hard to find. Harder than in most states

Kansas Flint Hills

We are in the Kansas Flint Hills, rolling hills that lead unto the prairie. They are beautiful and we think what fun it would be to run up and down them. Too bad all the areas we saw that were fenced had cows in them. But hey, bet we could outrun a cow.
We are headed to Missouri.

Little Sweeden

Dala Horses in Linsborg, Kansas. Linsborg is know as Little Sweeden. The Dala horse has become the unoffiical emblem of Sweeden. There are horses all over town. Wonder if they would make a DALA GREYHOUND. Now wouldn't that be COOOL.