Another early morning, 6:30am as we board the bus for Dawn at the Downs, breakfast on Millionaire Row and our tour of Churchill Downs. Breakfast was a beautiful buffet with all you could eat and, of coarse, you could order your first Mint Julep at $22.00 per commemorative glass of the day. After breakfast we were able to watch the Derby horses workout. I was finally able to wear one of my hats.
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| NBC Commentator Donna Brothers |
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| Daddy Knows Best |
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Dullihan |
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| Dullihan and Union Rags |
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What a thrill to see the Derby horses working out two days before the Derby. The next day is the Oaks, a day of racing for the fillies. All the ladies will be wearing pink and I thought I would go but didn't think so after I found out that the tickets were about $700 for bleacher seats.
After watching the workouts we toured Churchill Downs and the Kentucky Derby Museum which houses the Triple Crown Trophy and the Kentucky Derby Trophy. In the Museum one could watch all the Derby races from the past.
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| Next on the tour was the film Kentucky Show about the founding of Kentucky and interesting facts about the state. Downtown Louisville where we went shopping and had lunch on Main Street. You never know what you might see in downtown. |
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The next day was race day of the paddle boats of which this one was just coming in for the race.
After lunch we met at the Louisville Slugger Museum and Factory.
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| Factory with Big Bat |
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One interesting picture below shows how Louisville treats its unoccupied buildings by painting windows and store fronts on the buildings so they look occupied.
Going back to the Louisville Metro KOA and it is 5:00pm and we are getting mighty tired. A day of rest tomorrow and it is really needed.
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