Tuesday September 29, 2009
Headed out early with the capital of Kentucky as my destination. The drive over was through heavy forests and rolling hills with many state parks along the way. Pulled into Frankfort mid-afternoon (lost an hour due to the time zone change). Frankfort has a wonderful history center and museum along with a charming downtown historical district. Spent a couple of hours there then headed out on the old Franklin Pike Road. This 17 mile rural road winds through some of the largest horse farms in the area. I have never seen so many perfectly manicured pastures with the requisite thoroughbred horses grazing and the excessively large mansion and barns in the middle of these pastures. There must have been no less than 20 John Deere tractors out mowing various fields. Since I was in Kentucky Derby country, it was only proper to stay at the Kentucky Horse Farm State Park Campgrounds. Wow! This campground gets a 10+ on the awesome scale! Can you sing a verse of “My Old Kentucky Home???”
Did you know Paducah has a great quilt festival?
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