We had a great fall break this year- even though it began in an interesting way with us hunkering down to brace for Hurricane Matthew. Fortunately, we got through the night with no lasting damage. Once Matthew had passed, we set out on the road headed to Kentucky to meet up with Brian's dad. Even though Poppy and Nana live in Delaware, Poppy is originally from Kentucky and grew up on a farm there. As a child, Brian spent a lot of time with his Poppy and Mama-Doll on the farm in Kentucky. It worked out that Poppy and Nana were going to be in Kentucky on the weekend of our break, and so we decided to take the kids so that they could see the Sanders' family farm.
The farm is located in a small town not too far from Lexington. I had never been to this part of Kentucky, but it is beautiful. There are rolling hills, horses, and large horse farms everywhere you look. The Sanders farm had cows, and the kids were just delighted with them. They really wanted to pet one, but the cows were having none of that. We drove / walked all around the property. I was happy to finally get to visit the farm that Brian has been talking about for years, and his stories were accurate- it is a beautiful piece of land. We don't know when or if we'll get to visit the farm again, so we took lots of pictures.
While we were in the area, we did do a few other touristy things- one of which was visiting the grave of Man-O-War. I'm not the biggest follower of horse racing, but I have heard of Man-O-War and know him to be one of the greatest racing horses ever to live. What I didn't know is that he only ever lost one race and that the name of the horse that beat him was "Upset" and that that's were we get the sports term "an upset" (like "it was an upset") from. You learn something new every day.
Olivia's actual birthday occurred while we were in Kentucky, so we had the chance to celebrate that with Poppy, Nana, and Uncle Dustin. Nana even ordered a cake for her. Olivia received many nice gifts- including a new American Girl Doll. It was a great trip.
The farm is located in a small town not too far from Lexington. I had never been to this part of Kentucky, but it is beautiful. There are rolling hills, horses, and large horse farms everywhere you look. The Sanders farm had cows, and the kids were just delighted with them. They really wanted to pet one, but the cows were having none of that. We drove / walked all around the property. I was happy to finally get to visit the farm that Brian has been talking about for years, and his stories were accurate- it is a beautiful piece of land. We don't know when or if we'll get to visit the farm again, so we took lots of pictures.
While we were in the area, we did do a few other touristy things- one of which was visiting the grave of Man-O-War. I'm not the biggest follower of horse racing, but I have heard of Man-O-War and know him to be one of the greatest racing horses ever to live. What I didn't know is that he only ever lost one race and that the name of the horse that beat him was "Upset" and that that's were we get the sports term "an upset" (like "it was an upset") from. You learn something new every day.
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