The wheels on the van kept going round and round, ALL day Monday! Our first stop was to say Hello to Daniel and Rebecca Boone who are buried in an OLD cemetery that is high on a hill that has the very best view of the city of Frankfort. We toured the capitol building, which has more marble than any building I think we’ve ever seen. Walking around the back of the capitol complex we saw the biggest prettiest floral clock and fountain. As impressive as it is now, the colors in the clock will be ablaze in another month. The man in charge of the gardens stopped us and offered to take our picture. In conversation, we discovered that he grew up in Ypsilanti Michigan! At the Rebecca Ruth Candy Factory we enjoyed a sample of their famous bourbon candies but declined to pay the price for their tour. Other stops in downtown were the Old Capitol building and some of the quaint shops that line the streets. Before we headed out of town to meet friends for lunch we ventured to the top of another “hill” that overlooks the city from another side and found a restored Civil War fort that gave more insight to the area.
In very quaint and charming Midway Kentucky we met Steve, Harry’s Ohio University buddy and Steve’s neat wife Rachel for lunch at a restaurant called “Darlin’ Jeans” for a yummsrecious lunch that was finished off with Pecan Cobbler! They took us to the “farm” where Rachel volunteers for a tour to meet the residents. Old Friends at Dream Chase Farm is a farm for retired racehorses - - mostly stallions that must be kept in their own separate pastures. It’s the old saying-“boys will be boys”! We got quite an education along with meeting the magnificent horses! One of the 5 horses that played “Seabiscuit” was even there, but his real name is “Popcorn Deelite".
Before we headed home for the night we enjoyed a private tour of the rolling hills around Versailles, past some of the most elaborate horse “farms” and were treated to a wonderful meal at Steve and Rachal’s lovely home.
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