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Back to My Old Kentucky Home

Posted on April 29, 2017May 5, 2017 by rmiracle

As I sat at my computer this morning, planning out the day and getting our tickets for tonight's opening session at Churchill Downs, I came across an email from the track and one of the articles in the newsletter was about My Old Kentucky Home and the tradition it's played in the history of the Kentucky Derby. While no one...Read More

And their off… Balloons that is.

Posted on April 28, 2017May 2, 2017 by rmiracle

One of the fun challenges this time of year in Kentuckiana is the weather. It's pretty unpredictable. Temperatures can run from 40's or lower one day and easily slip into the 90's a day later. You can get hours of rain or scattered thunderstorms that last for few minutes. This makes running a hot-air balloon event challenging. In the early...Read More

Balloon Glimmer over the Ohio River

Posted on April 27, 2017May 2, 2017 by rmiracle

In the early days of the Kentucky Derby Festival, there was just the Great Balloon Race. Then it expanded to add the Great Balloon Glow. Today, we have the Great Balloon Fest, a three-day hot-air balloon event consisting of three morning "races" and two evening light shows. Thursday morning starts with the Great Balloon Charity Race from Bowman Field but...Read More

Thunderstruck! The 2017 edition of Thunder Over Louisville

Posted on April 23, 2017May 5, 2017 by rmiracle

The 2017 edition of Thunder Over Louisville's musical program kicked off with the AD/DC song Thunderstruck which was quite appropriate right after a cannon wake-up call echoed from the 2nd Street bridge. It was a prelude to a sight and sound extravaganza blasting into the night sky from the middle of the Ohio River. Two sets of four-barge convoys were...Read More

Time to focus on the Kentucky Derby Festival

Posted on March 29, 2017May 2, 2017 by rmiracle

[caption id="attachment_790" align="alignnone" width="768"] The horses round the first turn during the 142nd Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky on Saturday May 7, 2016.[/caption] With the University of Kentucky's men's basketball team making an early exit from the Big Dance, it's time to turn attention to Louisville and the rapidly approaching Kentucky Derby and it's two week festival....Read More

Rain, rain go away. Weather is dampening our adventure so far…

Posted on April 30, 2016May 2, 2017 by rmiracle

So lets make family time out of it... The weather cooperated for the Great Balloon Glow on Friday night. Around 55,000 people made their way to the Kentucky Exposition Center where dozens of hot air balloons took advantage of the dark of night to put on a light show that awed the crowd. During the balloon glow, people can go...Read More

Welcome to the Miracle’s Kentucky Derby Festival adventure blog

Posted on April 19, 2014 by rmiracle

It seems like it wasn't that long ago when my wife and I departed our residence in North Carolina to return to our childhood home in Kentucky for a vacation and to enjoy the annual build up to the Kentucky Derby. That trip however, was five years ago. You can't keep a home sick Kentucky girl away from home when...Read More

Our Kentucky Derby Festival Vacation Comes to an End.

Posted on May 3, 2009 by rmiracle

Nine days ago we packed our bags and loaded up our Expedition for the long ten-hour drive from our home in North Carolina to our native home of Kentucky. It was a trip we had not made in several years. We picked this week specifically because it was the main week of the Kentucky Derby Festival. For my wife, a...Read More