Finally, with pictures!  :)

Beware, very photo-intensive, and if you are not too fond of horses, you may want to skip.

We left home three hours later than I had hoped, since Mom was not finished packing and spent 45 minutes deciding on which jewelry to take *headdesk*  We stopped at a Cracker Barrel near home for dinner, and I purchased my yummy coconut treat.  It was raining almost constantly on the drive down, but did clear out about an hour north of the hotel.  We stayed at a Hilton Garden Inn in Georgetown, arriving at 12:30am - ugh.

Due to this late arrival, we overslept and didn't arrive at the Kentucky Horse Park until 12pm.  We strolled through the barns, watched the Parade of Breeds, and spent time in the museum.  They are doing construction all over the park, so we hope to return when that is completed.  I picked up a few things in the gift shop, and we ate dinner at the Calistoga Cafe, similar to a Panera.  I ordered chicken noodle soup in a bread bowl and a peach smoothie, and they were delicious.

After dinner, we headed southeast to Asheville, NC.  The drive was magnificent, with all of the woods and mountains, and the curving road.  I could just imagine how gorgeous it must be in the autumn.  After we got checked into the hotel, we ordered a pizza from Papa Johns.  Thus ended day one.

( Pictures!! )