2007 Frankfort motorcycle trip
Day 2
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August 18
The view from my room. I woke up around 4:30 so I took a shower and drank a can of pop. I laid down and woke up around 7:45. I got dressed and was ready to go for our 8:30 breakfast. We went to the hotel restaurant and had the breakfast buffet.
After breakfast we milled around the plaza. Our first stop of the day will be the Buffalo Trace Distillery just a mile or so up US127.
 We arrived at the distillery about 20 minutes before they opened so we explored a park they have outside. We would find out later the park was built by the distillery employees over the decades. There was a cute blonde getting her picture taken.
After the distillery opened we moved to the parking area. The tour was very informative. Much more so than the tour we took at Maker's Mark last year. Our tour guide, Freddy, was funny. We also scored a pin for our vests.
Next was a trip through town and up US60 to the Kentucky Military History Museum. The museum was well worth the $4 charge. Outside the flag was at half staff due the death of a Kentucky soldier.
 After the museum we decided to go the Kentucky Vietnam Veteran's Memorial. John is pointing in its direction. On the way to the memorial we missed the turn and rode for awhile on Glenns Creek Road next to the river. We turned around at the Old Crowe distillery. It was bought by Jim Beam and is no longer in operation...just used for storage. You could still the railroad grade from a long abandoned line. Even a missed turn leads to adventure.
 We rode back up the road to the Kentucky Vietnam Veteran's Memorial. Part of the capital building is visible from the memorial.
After spending some time at the memorial it was decided to do lunch. When asked what sounded good Ashton said "Big Boy" so we rode to the newer, southern side of Frankfort. We drove across KY676 onto Old Glenns Creek Road. It had some tight twists in it so John dubbed it "Tail of the Possum".
After riding "The Possum" it was nice to get something to eat. There was a turkey club and french fries waiting on me inside.
We sat under a shade tree for a while after eating and watched planes and helicopters. The breeze felt good. We decided to go the capital building and walk around the area. It would be good exercise after our meal.
 On the way to the capital building we stopped at a pulloff on US60. There is a historical marker and a view of the capital building.
 We parked on the capital circle. I really liked the Kentucky capital. It seemed to be much nicer than our own, which is buried inside Indianapolis. The Kentucky capital is more friendly and accessible. The architecture is nicer, too.
After visiting the capital we filled up the bikes then rode back to the hotel. The others swam for awhile while I napped. Around 7:00 pm we met for supper in the hotel restaurant. No one had a bad meal. It was good. We had a cute, but shy waitress who kept us well served. She had some sort of Russian accent.
 Following supper we sat in the plaza and relaxed. We decided to do a walkabout of town to see the sights and walk off some of our supper. We went south on Wilkinson Street, east on Wapping to the 'singing bridge'. There seemed to a lot of action on the river and docks. We saw several small houseboats and a boat with a nice sounding V-8. We then headed north to the town center. We sat on the stone wall again, but didn't see any trains this time. From there we took the back way to the hotel. We had tentative plans of riding down to Shakertown the next day and riding the paddle wheeler. I did some Mapquest research and we decided it would make for too much travel on a day we wanted to get home at a decent hour. We decided we'd go see Daniel Boone's grave, go to a candy store, and tour the capital. I caught up on my emails and such (wireless internet), took a shower, then went to bed.
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