Other things to do – Kentucky Derby Adventure

Category: Other things to do

Things to do: Mammoth Cave

Posted on May 7, 2017 by rmiracle

The Commonwealth of Kentucky has many things to do that are not tied to the Kentucky Derby, horses and a rather large festival. While you are visiting Kentucky, you should check out Mammoth Cave National Park. Mammoth Cave is large limestone cave system about 90 minutes south of Louisville near the appropriately named Cave City. The park manged by the...Read More

Finding great places to eat while visiting Louisville

Posted on April 29, 2015May 2, 2015 by rmiracle

When you travel frequently, there is safety in chain restaurants. You generally know what you're going to get. But where is the fun in that? In general I try to find dining spots that show the character of the community, has a taste of flavor for the area or simply a good old "hole-in-the-wall" dive. It's these places where you...Read More

A lovely Sunday drive to Cincinnati

Posted on April 27, 2015May 2, 2015 by rmiracle

While the Kentucky Derby Festival has things packed to do every day, some times you have to run a different direction. For those wanting to just do festival events, Sunday holds the Tour de LOU, a set of bike races that run either a 35 mile or 20 mile ride around the streets of Louisville that starts and ends at...Read More

Things to do: Follow the Kentucky Bourbon Trail

Posted on April 22, 2015April 23, 2015 by rmiracle

Kentucky may be famous for basketball and horses, including the greatest horse race, but it's also famous for something else... Bourbon. Bourbon is a specific form of Whisky distilled in Kentucky. It is aged in oak barrels which gives the drink it distinct flavor. (more…)

Add a horse farm tour to your agenda

Posted on April 21, 2015April 23, 2015 by rmiracle

If the Kentucky Derby Festival doesn't keep you busy around Louisville, you can always drive an hour away down I-64 towards Lexington and see where the magic happens. Central Kentucky, renowned for its rolling hills of Kentucky bluegrass is home to many farms dedicated to our equine friends. Horse farms, from trotters, to show horses to the thoroughbreds that will...Read More

Makin’ Maker’s Mark at the Bourbon Festival

Posted on May 3, 2014February 11, 2015 by rmiracle

When looking to fill our out schedule, taking a tour of the Maker's Mark distillery sounded like something to do. We discovered that on Friday, they were actually holding a festival at their campus in Loretta, Kentucky. Friday was scheduled for good weather and was our open day, so we packed up the car and drove 35 miles south of...Read More

Rainy days and Mondays ain’t getting us down…

Posted on April 29, 2014February 11, 2015 by rmiracle

Well mostly.... The original good weather plan was to travel about 60 miles down I64 to Lexington and tour Keeneland race track and several horse farms and pick up some Pizza Pie at Joe B's in Lexington. Well that got washed. Instead we took my mother-in-law computer shopping. Time for her old Dell desktop with Windows XP to be retired...Read More