Lexington, Kentucky Back Country Roads

Hi Everyone!  I guess by now you are totally full of turkey and dressing and all of the Thanksgiving dinner left-overs.   And, did you by any chance fix yourself a turkey sandwich with sliced sweet pickles the day after Thanksgiving?  Oh! My! Sometimes I think that is the best part of Thanksgiving.

If you still have a lot of left-over turkey and would like to make some delicious soup you can click on the link below for a very yummy Turkey Soup recipe:

http://sweetsoutherndays.blogspot.com/2012/11/turkey-soup-with-biscuits-recipes.html

If you visited the previous post for Sweet Southern Days you know we recently traveled to visit family in Lexington, Kentucky.  In the below photo we see a map of the many roads all leading out of the city.We discovered if you drive along any one of these roads you are in for a scenic treat.   

Lexington is known as Thoroughbred horse country and is considered "the horse capital of the world." On this day we were sightseeing on several of these roadways you see in the map below enjoying the rolling hills, natural beauty and the interesting entrances to some of the horse farms in the area.

City Map of Lexington, Kentucky

Of course, my camera is never too far away with the thought 

in mind of trying to capture some of the beauty all around us.  

We saw many quaint and narrow roads as seen in the photo below.

And many beautiful rolling hills and lush countryside.

And miles and miles of fencing on each side of the roadway.

We were told that this tree we see below is a Chestnut Tree.  We are all familiar with the classic Christmas Song lyrics of "Chestnuts roasting on an open fire."
The song goes partly like this:

Chestnuts roasting on an open fire

Jack Frost nipping at your nose
Yuletide carols being sung by a choir
And folks dressed up like Eskimos, etc...

Chestnuts growing on the tree.
This is something we had never seen before.

It was delightful as we continued on our way driving along the fenced roadways in Lexington.

We saw many horse farm entrances as seen below.

If you are interested to see more information about some of these amazing Thoroughbred
horse farms in Lexington, you can click on the link below.

http://www.khorse.com/list_of_horse_race_farms_in_kentucky.htm

As we drove along this pretty old country farmhouse caught my eye.

Another horse farm entrance.

In the below photo you can see what I was referring to as the rolling hills around Lexington.

Another horse farm entrance.

If you are ever in the central Kentucky region I hope you get to see some of the beautiful
old stone fences in and around the back country narrow roads.

Central Kentucky is famous for their horses and the many miles of old rock fences.

Mr. Google tells us these old stone faces were originally built in this area
by Irish Immigrant stonemasons when they arrived in this country.

As in Ireland, when land was cleared for agriculture, there was a lot of stone that was
plentiful in the fields. Therefore, they used the stones for border walls for pastures.

It is quite a work-of-art building these stone fences.  The only thing holding the wall together is gravity and the correct placement of the stones.  All of the stones are laid by hand and no mortar is used in the process.

This barn looks like the traditional Kentucky horse barn.

Seen below is another picturesque old stone wall entrance into another farm.

Someone was driving along this old country road with a trailor full of hay for the horses.

We spotted this pretty and peaceful scene as we drove along.

And another horse farm entrance.

This old church caught my eye with the pretty stone construction.

And the unusual door.

An old Kentucky home.

It was a beautiful day as we drove along enjoying this lovely countryside.

 

Thanks for coming along with us today as we enjoyed looking at the picturesque
countryside in this charming old city located in central Kentucky.

Wishing you many blessings as we begin a new week after our Thanksgiving holiday.