Category: Kentucky

  • Cars, Caves and Lincoln’s Birthplace – Bowling Green, KY

    Cars, Caves and Lincoln’s Birthplace – Bowling Green, KY

    Cars Some of you know that Steve has a love affair with cars, and if he gets a chance to visit a car museum, show or assembly plant he’ll do it.  I think it’s his way of reliving his previous hobby of restoring and modifying muscle cars. He asked me if he could show off some of his work;…

  • A Barrel of Fun in Kentucky’s Bourbon Country

    A Barrel of Fun in Kentucky’s Bourbon Country

    California has its wonderful wine, Mexico its Tequila, and Kentucky has the bourbon.  Like fine horses, bourbon has been written into a chapter of the History of Kentucky.  Those fine horses and bourbon have one thing in common that make Kentucky unique – its limestone-rich soil.  The bluegrass that grows in this soil provides lush pastures for the thoroughbred…

  • Bluegrass and Fine Horses – Lexington, KY

    Bluegrass and Fine Horses – Lexington, KY

    Although Steve and I are neither horse-racing fans nor bourbon drinkers, a visit to Kentucky isn’t complete without checking out those two items that the state is famous for.  The area with a concentration of over 400 thoroughbred farms  is known as the Bluegrass Region – aka the Horse Capital of the World – and Lexington sits right in the…