Horse Farms -- Lexington, KY

 

Kentucky River

 

Entering Lexington.  We only had 150 miles to travel today, so we decided to drive around the west end of Lexington, and drive down Old Frankfort Pike, a Historic Scenic Byway which has a number of Thoroughbred Farms along the road.  You start the drive with one of the most famous horses of all time...

 

Yes, Secretariat.  American Triple Crown winner, setting and still holding the fastest time record in all three of its constituent races.  What follows are just a few of the pictures we got along the route.

We continued our way to the Cracker Barrel in Florence, KY.  Unlike the other Cracker Barrel we have stayed out so far, this one is in a more congested area...right near a Hospital.  Since our arrival around 2 pm, we have heard/seen at least a dozen ambulances, a couple of fire trucks, and a few police cars...all with sirens blazing.  

So this is our 5th of 7 nights of our trip, and 5 of them have been overnights at Cracker Barrel.  We have had dinner each night, followed with eating the dinner biscuits with our coffee the next morning, which was our breakfast.  So, what have I had to eat???  It has been the same thing each night...the Hashbrown Casserole Shepherd's Pie.  Pot roast and gravy with carrots, peas, onions, celery, and mashed potatoes. Topped with a hashbrown casserole crust and sour cream. Served with Biscuits.  Marcia had fish the first two nights, then saw what I was having and had the Hashbrown Casserole Shepherd's Pie the past three times.  It is so good...

Tomorrow we see Ryan and Kaelyn and meet the three kids they are fostering. 
 

 

Cracker Barrel, Corbin, KY

 

Some Cracker Barrels this is what you see as you pull into the Parking Lot...the back of the store.  This store is very well kept, although I can tell it is not one of the newer Cracker Barrels.  I did a search and found out it is Cracker Barrel #8, opened in 1971, in Corbin KY.  Today we must have seen a dozen Cracker Barrels along our route.  Lebanon TN, the headquarters for Cracker Barrel, is around 100 to 150 miles from any spot we were driving along I-75 today.  This corridor is one of the first areas they focused on as they started opening new stores after the first one opened in 1969.

 

We faced a good amount of traffic today, but the traffic was much heavier headed south.  We had just a couple of minor construction areas, and for the most part the drivers all acted reasonable today.

As spring nears, some of the Redbud or Dogwood trees are starting to bloom.  Don't know which one it is, don't care to know...I just know they look nice.  Another couple of weeks and this area is going to look very pretty.

 

Tomorrow...off to another Cracker Barrel, this one will be close to Cincinnati, where my youngest lives with his family.