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Month: May 2017

Buffalo Trace (hic)

Buffalo Trace (hic)

Driving through Kentucky, you can’t help but become aware that the state drink is bourbon.  There are distilleries everywhere.  Everywhere.  I’m rather fond of whiskey, but had never visited a distillery, so this looked like a good opportunity.  I like Blanton’s bourbon, which is made at Buffalo Trace Distillery in Frankfort, KY, so that’s where I went.  It wasn’t hard to tell that I was in the right place… there was a trace of buffalo… The first distillery was built…

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MotoGP !!

MotoGP !!

If you don’t follow the Motorcycle Grand Prix, this post may be of limited interest to you.  But I like motorcycle racing, so I was pretty thrilled to be able to get a ticket to the Circuit of the Americas (COTA) in Austin, Texas for the MotoGP!  Since it wasn’t really on my route, I took several days to drive there, really enjoying the weather and scenery along the way.  Texas is, unfortunately, the Wild West of driving, with major roads…

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