Wednesday (4/22)  We spent the day in Frankfort, KY - the state capital (see picture.)   Our first visit was to the magnificent state capitol building.  It is open to the public - really open to the public.   We were allowed to walk around inside the building anywhere we wanted to go - that would NEVER happen in New York State.

Next stop was the Rebecca Ruth Candy Factory (actually it is a converted house employing about half a dozen people.)   They are famous for making bourbon ball.  We tasted some and can verify that they are great.

The Thomas Clark Center for Kentucky History was next.   It covers 12,000 years of KY history. It was a very broad view of KY.

The old state capitol still exists and open for touring.  This building was very modest as it was built in the 1820's.  It housed the original state library which consisted of 8,000 books - a tremendous amount of books at that time.

The last stop of the day was the Buffalo Trace Distillery known for its KY bourbon. What a great factory tour.   The amount of variables that can affect the taste of the bourbon is mind boggling.    And OH! - the tasting at the end was not bad either.   They make a creme liquor bourbon that is so smooth you could drink the whole bottle and that is actually is exactly what we plan to do.

In the evening, we went to a very interesting hotel in downtown Louisville, KY called 21c.  The interesting thing about the hotel is that the lobby and the entire lower level is an art gallery.  It was all very unusual art that makes you say "how did they do that?"  They have a stretch limo that is completely covered in red marbles - boy, I bet it gets lousy gas mileage with all that added weight.