A Cemetery, The Kentucky Derby, Victorian Architecture and Bowling Green

Welcome to Louisville Kentucky the largest city in this state.
Although we only spent less than 8 hours here, it was full of learning and experiencing!
We're still following the Ohio River, so there are lots of bridges to be found here.

From Monica
One of the fumiest parts of the day was  Dad finding a "cute" bridge he wanted to cross. We went over one bridge into Indidana but he wanted to cross back over another one. So, we zipped and zoomed, turned, and fiddled all over so he could find the right road to take us across. He was so happy when he made the right turn and got onto his cute white bridge!

On our way to Indiana!

And the return trip on the Bridge Dad wanted!

The Kentucky Derby Museum was amazing. We took a very hot walking tour to the race track, the stables, the winner's circle, and then we came inside and watched an 18 minute movie on the Kentucky Derby from the time a baby foal is born until the race. It was on a 360 degree screen and was spectacular. Dad tried to be an announcer, Anna-Lee and Mom raced against each other, and we got to see another retired race horse.

Churchill Downs - The racetrack where the Kentucky Derby is held. Also where the Museum is and the tour that we took.

The track

The race is on.

Standing with the statue of the 2016 Kentucky Derby winner (Nyquist).

From Linda
A cemetery seems a strange choice to take time doing, and yet as we drove in we were met by a man who works there greeting us, handing us a map of the grounds (300 acres) and saying God bless.
Cave Hill Cemetery is a U.S. National Cemetery and has such a rich history of stories buried here.

The Military

The Famous

Colonel Sanders of KFC fame

Having just died recently, he does not have a tomb stone as yet

The Creative

What's in there?

Stained glass window of Da Vince's Last Supper!

 There were so many other ways that loved ones have tried to express the essence of the person or even family. If I lived here in Louisville, this would be one of my favorite places ot go. It has 5 lakes, ducks, swans, deer and just a peaceful large place to explore history.

The family tree - each "stone" is a cut off branch from the tree.

 We also went to the largest Victorian eta architectural homes in all of the U.S.A. located here in Louisville. 

East Magnolia Drive Louisville. A statue of a lamplighter in the Victorian section

And yes, the Kentucky Derby. Kentucky revolves around horses.The Derby is an immense part of the culture here. 170,000 people come to view this 2 minute race, and yet there are parades, festivals, special food, and a major economic boon to this region. The festival itself, brings in 100 million dollars per year.

On to Bowling Green and hopefully some caving tomorrow!