We got out on time this morning and drove to Churchill Downs in Louisville to see the Kentucky Derby Museum. Of all things they had a rock concert happening tonite so we were not allowed to even see the track. That totally bites, but we really did enjoy the museum.
Did you know that Churchill Down was built by Meriweather Lewis Clark Jr., the grandson of William Clark of the Lewis and Clark expedition? He came back from a trip to Europe in 1872 with the idea to build a track in the United States that would rival the Epsom Derby he enjoyed in Europe. The name Churchill Downs is after his relatives who provided the land for him.
The first Kentucky Derby was run on May 17, 1875. Since then this famed race of three-year-old thoroughbred horses is staged yearly in Louisville, Kentucky on the first Saturday in May.
In the museum we also learned about the first year of a thoroughbred horses life which was most interesting, and also about the disciplines of a jockey's life.
Back on the road we traveled as quickly as we could to Indianapolis Speedway. Since we were in the neighborhood Gary thought we should check it out. It is a most impressive structure. To get to it's visitors center you actually drive underneath the race track. The bad news was we got there at 4:52 and it closed at 5 PM so Gary only got a glimpse of it.
We drove all the way thru to Gary, Indiana and decided that would be an appropriate place to call it a night. Unfortunately our "resort" turned out to be a disaster - over 900 site, most seemed to be filled with long-term "resorters", kids running in packs [and smoking packs] with boom boxes blasting every sort of music imaginable.
It was 10 PM so we called it a day, watched some Funniest Home Videos together and then ran the air conditioner thru the nite to dull the noise to a reasonable level. This was the worst "resort" experience, in my humble opinion.
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HI ALL-
IT'S WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THE GANGS ALL HERE...WELL, ALMOST ALL HERE. YOU'RE NOT! :( I'M UPSTAIRS HERE AT MOMS CHECKING MY EMAIL AND MAX WONDERED WHERE TARYN WAS TODAY. (JACK GUESSED YOU WERE IN IDAHO :)) HE WAS WANTING TO SEND HER A NOTE BUT WAS SADDENED WHEN I TOLD HIM THERE WAS NO WAY TO GET IT TO HER. :( SO HERE WE ARE TO SAY HELL-O. THEY MISS YOU LIKE CRAZY. WE ALL DO! MY SISTER ASKED ABOUT YOU TODAY. I TOLD HER THAT THE PLANS WERE CHANGED. SHE WAS DISAPPOINTED BUT TOTALLY UNDERSTOOD. THEIR FAMILY IS ALSO FOLLOWING YOUR TRAVELS! WE SECRETLY ALL WISH WE WERE YOU! :) NOT MUCH ELSE NEW HERE. LIFE ON THE VISSER ROAD IS GREAT!! WE LOVE IT!! I'M STILL FINDING EXTRA DRAWERS THAT I HAVE NOTHING TO PUT INTO. MUCH DIFFERENT THAN DOUBLE-WIDE LIVING! WE ARE BLESSED!! I HEAR LOTS OF LAUGHING DOWNSTAIRS SO I MUST GO. HEAVEN FORBID, I MISS THE FUN! WE MISS AND LOVE YOU TONS!! TRACI :)
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