Dan's Visit!!

So Dan came to visit me this weekend. Wanting to be a good girlfriend I had plans for Friday, Saturday and Sunday so he could get the FULL Kentucky experience. Well, Mother Nature thought otherwise because clearly all of my plans revolved around having nice weather. Here were the supposed-to be plans and what we actually did:

Moonbow (Planned Friday Night) 
At Cumberland Falls ("the Niagara of the South" located about an hour and a half from Lexington) there is a phenomenon called a Moonbow that only happens in 2 places in the World, here and New Zealand. What happens is when there is a Full Moon, on a clear night the Moon's light creates a rainbow in the mist. Pretty Cool huh? I think it would have made for a sweet Friday night. The storms did not allow for this trip to happen :(

Instead, we went to the Horse Park and walked around for awhile, there was a show going on and also Polo Practice. So we watched a lil Polo (I don't understand the rules but hey, that might make a good blog post in a few days...)

It's like field hockey on horses!!

                                               

Saturday- Original Game Plan Kayak Red River Gorge 

Red River Gorge is famous for it's Limestone cliffs and awesome rock climbing, which Dan totally would have been into. However being afraid of heights and having terrible grip strength, I opted for Kayaking the gorge for an 8 mile trek of gorgeous scenery. Again, strike #2 with Mother Nature, the company that operates the kayaking was not renting on Saturday due to the storms. 

Instead: Farmer's Market,  Raven's Run & Scenic Drive 

Raven's Run is a Nature Sanctuary that has 350 acres of trails through forests, creeks, meadows, wildflowers and historic geological landmarks. We managed to get there during the only sunshine of the day and had a lil trail run/walk (me being super cautious of my wobbly ankle). It was beautiful and we were the only ones there. We alternated who led the way because we kept getting spiderwebs in our faces. We had a great view of the Kentucky River from one of the Overlook spots!

On the way home, I put away Frank the GPS and just took a drive. The houses and horse farms are soo beautiful. We discussed how nice it is to see that there is still undeveloped land left in this country. 

Kentucky River! 

Somebody forgot what a Razor and Clippers are while their girlfriend is in KY!!  Mountain man...

He blends in... and moves awfully fast too. 

I was faster than this turtle on the run!! 

Sunday: Real Polo Games (Cancelled due to Rain) so CrossFit instead!  

Lazy Sunday. Lots of Thunderstorms and watching the US Open (Golf). We managed to make it to CrossFit Maximus so Dan could check out their "box". Needless to say he was impressed. We did a quick workout (4 rounds of400m run, 10 pull-ups, 20 sit ups, and 30 air squats) and chatted with one of the trainers. Then it was home to get Dan ready to go to the airport. 

The weekend FLEW by... but it was definitely nice to be able to show him around my small world here in Lexington. I drove him by Cardinal Hill, went to the airport and CrossFit which is pretty much my M-F here. Only 3 weekends left here, where does time go?! Plenty of adventures to come!

Thanks for visiting!!