We are seeing lovely countryside and geological features. We have learned about frontier days and Revolutionary War, Daniel Boone, and Civil War battles. We visited a distillery and learned proper techniques for tasting bourbon and whiskey. What’s left? Oh, yeah, horses! Kentucky is famous for horse racing with the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs and many horse farms on the Kentucky Bluegrass fields. It’s time we do a horse thing:)

Kentucky Horse Park is like an amusement park for horse lovers. Museums, carriage rides, horseback rides, sample breeds, money-winning race horses, an arena for shows/races and well-stocked gift shops can all be found here.

Kentucky Horse Park has a very large campground with a nice pool and large bathrooms with many showers. It fills up, but Sunday night was fine as the park is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays. Your wristband into the park is good for two days, but we aren’t staying until Wednesday. They do have visiting exhibitors, too; a very busy schedule during the summer.

I learned that the horses were all drooling because a fungus growing in clover during the spring increases their saliva production without any further effects. It’s probably worse this year due to the unusual amounts of rain they are getting. The double fencing we keep seeing on the farms we pass has two purposes. Stallions are territorial, so this allows for safe passage between paddocks. It also serves as the first line of defense to protect expensive horses in case a car crashes into fences along the roads.