Well. I've taken a bunch and I'm rather proud of more than just two! I've decided, since I'm not out wandering the state, just Lexington, I'm going to post them here!
Well, after having to slow down on some of my adventures over the last couple of months and dealing with some superficial blood clots in my legs, I've taken on a Coursera course entitled Cameras, Exposure, and Photography. As part of the course, I'm supposed to take a bunch of pictures and only turn in two. Well. I've taken a bunch and I'm rather proud of more than just two! I've decided, since I'm not out wandering the state, just Lexington, I'm going to post them here!
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I'm going to have to say, I'm not impressed. It's a house, owned a built by the cousin to the guy who wrote "My Old Kentucky Home", the Kentucky state song. Stephen Foster didn't live there. They are "pretty sure" he visited there at least once. But inspired the song. So... why are we keeping the house? Well, the Rowan family built it. Who's that? Well, the head was a US Senator, but we'll learn more about the ladies of the house. Ok, again, why are we interested in the house? Well, it inspired My Old Kentucky Home. Ok, circular logic. I don't get it. On top of that, there's no signs saying no photography, but there's apparently no photography and our tour guide forgot to tell us. So, yeah, I'm not impressed. It also probably doesn't help that I don't like the song either. The house was nicely decorated in many original pieces. The rooms were nicely laid out so there was plenty of room to look around, but not touch. The house itself used to be three-stories, but we could only see two. Additionally, for being a colonial style front, the building itself was an L shape, with the kitchen off to the side. To add to it, and apparently I'm grumpy, we went to Rough River Dam in Falls of Rough. It's not impressive. The dam is small and not overly interesting. It's outside of Falls of Rough. Yea, didn't see any like those either. The lake was ok. Pretty blue sky, pretty calm, empty lake. Just nothing to really write home about. The area also had a campground, mini-golf, and camping. No hiking today, though I did eventually see a sign for it. we didn't get a chance to go in the gift shop and see if there was more information about the trail, but seeing how it wasn't in a very rural or secluded area, I wasn't interested.
I'm beginning to think I really am a grumpy pants today. This may seem way off my recent modus operandi for hiking around Kentucky and leaving Lexington to find adventure. Today's found it's way to my doorstep. Or at least, super close to my doorstep! My morning news brief of the TV being on the morning news while I let the dogs outside lead to me learning about former President Bill Clinton speaking at William T. Young Library on UK's campus during my lunch hour. How close is that for an adventure! Bonus, one un-suspecting bucket-list item of seeing a President/Former President in person. Ok, yes, it was a rally for Hillary Clinton. That's ok in my book. Sure, got to listen to him put forth ideas for her campaign. That means I went to a Presidential Pep Rally, right? Bucketlist item? Yup, why not! Did I plan in advance just enough to grab my awesome digital camera with a super-long zoom in case I couldn't get close? You betcha! I'll admit, Allison Lundergan Grimes, Kentucky's Secretary of State, isn't one of my more favorite Kentucky political persons, however she is fairly entertaining. I'm not a fan of her "hell ya's" for public discourse, but whatever gets people excited. I still admire her personality and strength to plunge into things. And cool none-the-less to see in person as well. He had a number of things to say that I liked, particularly in regards to supporting higher education for all and trying to make it more affordable and that the Kentucky Governor is being shortsighted in cutting the Health Exchange in Kentucky. Oh, and that no matter what kind of wall you build, you'll never stop social media from spreading ideas you disagree with, you just have to spread more positive ideas with brighter alternatives. |
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