Third Wedding Anniversary/Birthday Weekend

David and I have been doing all this fertility testing and the birthday get away was a much needed vacation. David took Wednesday off (the 11th) to spend my birthday with me. I had a blood draw this morning at my OBGYN for more of the fertility testing and then David said that we are going to his parents. I couldn't imagine that's where we were going to end up at. David surprised me with reservations to travel to Lexington, Ky. The horse capital of the USA. I was so excited. We dropped the dogs and cat off at his mom's house and continued on to Lexington. We stayed just outside of Lexington Wednesday night. Then Thursday we continued into Lexington and explored the area. David had printed out a map of different locations where the movie "Dreamer" was filmed. We got to see the castle that's built outside of Lexington.

We came across Woodford Reserve, a Kentucky Bourbon distillery in Lexington. We took a tour and it was really enjoyable. They had samples at the end of the tour and that stuff is nasty. Especially for being the "official bourbon" of the Kentucky Derby. David asked the women in the gift shop about any Thoroughbred Farms in the area that might do tours. We had called a lot of the larger ones and they didn't have any openings. The girls in the gift shop recommended Pin Oak Stud just down the road. So we checked into our hotel and David called Pin Oak and scheduled a tour for the next morning. We relaxed the rest of the day and toured more of the city. We went to Keenland Race Track and watched them practice Friday morning.

Friday morning we toured Pin Oak Stud and I was really impressed. It was a private tour and the lady that owns the farm is really in it for the quality not the money. The rest of Friday we did things around Lexington and Saturday we headed back to David's parents house to pick up the dogs and head home so David had some time to relax. I really enjoyed the time in Lexington but it isn't one of those places that you really need to spend a week or so touring because there isn't a lot of stuff to do without prior planning.

David's Birthday

March 31st was David's 37th birthday. So I booked us a weekend in Maggie Valley with the motorcycles. We went and stayed at the Microtel Inn in a hot tub room. It was very enjoyable. We rode over the Blue Ridge Parkway to Cades Cove and made the mistake of going around Cades Cove on the motorcycles. It is not motorcycle friendly, that's for sure. There were just cars everywhere on a one way road going 5 mph. We had a real hard time managing that speed on the motorcycles plus all the pot holes through there. They really need to warn motorcycles about the road conditions and about the stupid drivers on that route.

We road back to the hotel and stuck around Maggie Valley for the rest of the weekend. We did enjoy it alot and would consider going back again.