Today was the 1st day we saw blue skies all day until about 9:00 p.m. when the black clouds came in and of course the wind, rain, lightning and thunder. We decided to go for a drive to Lexington(70 miles away) where all the big horse ranches are. When I say big the average is 400-600 acres. Many of the homes you can't see as they are far off the road. I'm sure "Tara" in Gone with the Wind was like this.
We decided to visit a bourbon distillery. I had no idea how it was made. When we got there the 12:30 group just left and they couldn't take us as they already had 2 more people than they can handle. They told us they would have another one in 20 minutes. 45 minutes later we told them we had to leave so they decided since we had waited this long we could have a mini tour. It was very interesting, felt a little light headed from the fumes. In the fermenting room it is only 101 but felt much hotter as there was a lot of steam. They will stop producing sometime this week as the weather will be hot and the yeast won't activite if it is much hotter. They shut down for 2 months until the weather starts cooling down. After the tour we were invited to the tasting room for 2 shots but we declined. They had some fudge and honey candy but we declined that too. We got lost a few times, and then in the afternoon we went into downtown (roads torn up for repairs) and found the visitor's center. They were really helpful and we were only a few blocks off where we were suppose to be.
There just isn't enough time to see all that we wanted. We have a long drive tomorrow and are going to try and visit Yvonne Wood in Charlotte .
Jonny and I are still talking and enjoying each other. We went to the Louisville temple. tonight, It is a vert small temple, located in a beautiful upscale neighborhood. I have only seen 1 LDS chapel and it was on the same grounds of the temple. Lots of Baptist churches everywhere.
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Sounds like you're having fun! Glad you're still on speaking terms with your hubby! GPS can definitely be a curse AND a blessing, can't it? Thanks for your posts - I'm following your journey!
ReplyDeleteIsn't it amazing how many sights there are to see? You would have to travel full time to see everything you want to see.
ReplyDeleteI hope you have safe travels in all the crazy weather. Be careful of floods that are hitting the midwest and east coast.
Near Charlotte is the Loew's Motor Speedway - Jonny would probably enjoy that, too. I hope you waved hi to my brother as you drove through the area - he lives about 30 minutes from the speedway!
We are anxious to get our trip started and I need to start our blog - it is fun to follow what you are doing!!!!
Pam