"My Old Kentucky Home"

If you were to come and visit us in Louisville guess where we would go?

You need more help?

That's right. Kentucky Fried Chicken. When was the last time you had one of their biscuits?

I have thought about them everyday since we went. That good.

Then...............

We would go to Churchill Downs to see the Kentucky Derby Museum



The museum was a definite hit. The history of church hill downs dates back over 160 years.

Horse racing is the longest running American sport. We saw lot of exhibits

and even pretended to be  jockeys for a few minutes. Gabe was very excited.

Then we did a walking tour of Churchill downs...

The twin spires on the upper right corner are now a historic monument and cannot be altered. The space was awesome. You could truly feel the history and also smell the poo.

When the walking tour was over we decided to watch a short movie about Derby day. The screen was 360 degrees so you pivoted in your seat to see all around you. It was pretty cool. Right after we sat down an older woman sat next to us in the theater with her children. She was being escorted by a Churchill employee so I sensed that she was important. I thought that maybe she or her family members were in the movie perhaps. Then someone on the other side of us tried to approach her for a picture.  I thought she must be pretty important for a picture, but I didn't recognize her. Her son implied that she would after the movie. So, right after it was over we asked the woman next to us and she told us that it was.....

Penny Chenery

Does anyone need a hint? I assume that a lot of you will have no clue.

 

Have you seen this movie? Diane Lane played Penny Chenery!!!!!!!!!!

She was the owner of Secretariat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So, we got a picture with her too! 

How cool is that! We were so excited. I should also tell you that we had not seen the movie yet, but we had heard all the buzz and seen a lot of pictures of her when she was younger. The museum had a whole exhibit dedicated to the movie and had a lot of behind the scenes pictures from the taping at churchill downs.

Now after seeing the movie I have tremendous respect for all she accomplished when most of her male counterparts at the time thought she was "just a housewife." Secretariat was a triple crown winner which meant he won three races in 5 weeks and still holds the fastest race time in Kentucky Derby history.

So, it was an exciting day, then we went to Wagner's Phamracy which also was featured in the movie.

 He was soooo over the camera, but I did not care. It's fun reliving movie history.

One more picture before heading to the airport. Thanks for visiting Mom, we had fun!!