Day One of Lydia's Wild Ride Vacation

Today I woke up at 6:00 a.m. because I was so excited to start my vacation to Kentucky, Lexington ( I know it's supposed to be the other way around but I like how this way sounds). My Mom and I had the car all packed so after a quick dog walk and breakfast we were off.

I wasn't sad to say bye-bye to the snow.


 

Neither was my Mom.

 

It is 515 miles from Madison to Kentucky, Lexington so we had a long car ride ahead. I brought one of my favorite books, The Winter Pony, on CD so my Mom and I could listen to it. We spent most of the day driving in snow or rain...lots of rain.


 

 We made it to Kentucky in the late afternoon and look what I found in the hotel lobby.







We went to a really popular restaurant called Ramsey's for dinner. Of course it had at least one horse.
My Mom explained that there is a special kind of cooking in the South. I wasn't too sure I would like anything but I ordered fried chicken, green beans, potato salad and beets. Look how much food we got!


 





 I loved the fried chicken and creamed corn but the dessert I had was the best! Brownie Pie....it was so good even though I burned my tongue.


 


My Dad would have loved all the pies!




After dinner, we drove out to the Kentucky Horse Park even though it was already closed. There were huge horse farms surrounding the park. My Mom asked me if I had a choice between Disney World and Kentucky Horse Park which would I choose? What do you think my answer was?