Anyone in Kentucky? Will be spending a week up there this summer, and not 100% sure what to do. Will be in Western KY, and Lexington. Ideas?

I don't know what actual tourists do there, but I lived near Fort Knox for 13 years, so I'll try to think of some stuff (and my sister and brother live in Louisville...I'll ask them for some ideas).

In Lexington, there's the Horse Park, Keeneland (horse race track), Rupp Arena (although I don't know if they have tours or if that'd even be worth it unless you're a huge UK fan & since you're an Aggie I'll assume you aren't).

In Louisville there's the science center (my sister's kids favorite), the zoo (although the train there recently jumped the tracks and hurt some folks..maybe not such a great idea!), Churchill Downs, the Louisville Slugger factory, Six Flags (Kentucky Kingdom).

If you're near Fort Knox (about 45 miles south of Louisville) and are interested in history/wars at all I highly recommend the Patton Museum. It's technically on base, but is open to civilians also.

There's Mammoth Cave, the bourbon trail (a bunch of distilleries), beautiful scenice highways, and Cincinnati's only a few hours away (2-2 1/2 from Louisville/Lexington)... It's really not that far to most places in KY. What kind of stuff are you interested in? Are there kids going? When are you going?

I'll ask my sister and brother what else they can think of, since I haven't lived there since 2000.

Oh yeah, and there's Abe Lincoln stuff, as he was born in KY. If you check out KY's website and click on the regions you're interested in (under Discover Kentucky), that should help...http://www.kentuckytourism.com/

Edit: Forgot about Corvettes...they are made in Bowling Green. Not sure what all you get to see on the tour, but if you like vettes then it's probably for you!





[This message has been edited by jamaeusa (edited 6/20/2009 12:12p).]

In Cincinnati, OH. It's close, so hit me up when you get up here.

Okay, so I talked to my sister and without knowing exactly where you're going to be, when you're going to be there, and who is going (kids, etc.), she gave me some of her favorite things.

These are all in Louisville or near Fort Knox, but that's where she lives...Fort Knox is ~2 hours from Lexington via the Bluegrass Parkway and Louisville is ~1-1 1/2 hrs (if I remember correctly) from Lexington. Louisville and Fort Knox are ~45 mins from each other depending on where you're coming from/going in Louisville.

Louisville...
Louisville Zoo
Louisville Slugger Museum (they also make golf
clubs)
Kentucky Derby Museum (at Churchill Downs)
Louisville Science Center
Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom
Muhammad Ali Center http://www.alicenter.org/Pages/default.aspx
Waterfront Park (nice playground/scenery along the river)--my sister recommends the playground for 12 & under

Fort Knox...
Patton Museum http://www.generalpatton.org/visit/nearby_attractions.asp
If you're interested in other military things that link will help (also click at the top to get back to the Patton homepage)
Drive by the Gold Vault(aka US Bullion Depository) on 31W not too far south from Patton Museum--no tours
If you head down for the Patton Museum here's the link for Radcliff, the closest city...maybe you could find something else you like, since I don't really know what you're looking for.http://www.radclifftourism.org/

Also, I think I already linked this, but just in case here's Kentucky tourism...
http://www.kentuckytourism.com/

Hope you have a great time in the Bluegrass State!

I live in Louisville myself and if you are in the neighborhood, I can show you around town and show you what is good in town.

Hit me up on my email if you are interested.

gtvice2005@hotmail.com

Make sure there is a recognizeable subject line because most of the emails I get in that account are junk.

Thanks!!!

I will be in the Lexington area the last week of July, and I'm a pretty big basketball fan, so the UK campus will take up some of my time .

My husband will be at a conference during the day.

I lived in Lexington for three years (grad school), and my list of things to see and eat are as follows:

Entertainment/Sights
The Dame, fantastic music club downtown
Kentucky Horse Park
If you're affiliated with UK in anyway, try to visit Spindletop Farm
The Palisades on the Kentucky River
The Kentucky Bourbon Tour
My Old Kentucky Dinner Train

Food:
Cuban sandwich at Old San Juan off of Zandale
Crab Cakes at DeSha's
Hot Brown at Ramsey's
Duck Enchilada's at Cheapside
Beer Cheese
Marrika's (German)

Thanks AgEng. I'm currently here in Lexington for 3 more weeks. Trying to find some fun things to do when I'm not on call.