It's a Miracle
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Day 4: December 23, 2024 It's a Miracle Comment via blog |
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I headed out mid-morning under the comforting gaze of the hotel's faithful
watch horse.
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I had anticipated filling part of the day with museum visits but when the
time came to get specific, I discovered that anything I wanted to see was
closed for the season or at least for the holidays. I decided to head to
Thoroughbred Park where I've taken some photos in the
past but never really explored.
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There is a statue of the city's namesake thoroughbred at the east end of
the park. Lexington, the horse, topped the sire list in th "General
Stud Book" a total of sixteen times. You go boy! A walkway lined with
plaques runs around and through the park and offers a view of frolicking
colts on a hill and a different view of the racers in the previous panel.
Most of the plaques contain names that are unfamiliar to me although I did
recognize a few. I thought it appropriate to include George's plaque
having so recently stayed at his nephew's place. The other plaque caught
my eye because it contained a blank spot where almost all of the others
contain a date. On closer examination. I realized that wast just because
the park editor has some catching up to do.
The QR code on the small statue in the last photo leads here which is a website with a map to help find the other hidden horses. Very cool. |
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While at Thoroughbred Park, I learned of a minor snag in my plans for the
afternoon and a meeting was postponed a day. That let me fill the
afternoon with something I had previously considered but couldn't fit in.
This isn't it.
I like to visit Lexington's Zero Milestone when I'm in town. When I drove through in November, I noted the work going on in the park and took a drive-by photo similar to the first one here. After parking, I walked to the park and took a couple of shots through and over the fence. |
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While parked, I walked on just a bit to grab a picture of the
Kissing Streetlights.
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This is why I parked. The Kentucky Theater had popped up on every "things
to do" search I had done in Lexington and was the first thing I
thought of when my afternoon opened up. I believed I had seen
"Miracle on 34th Street" years ago but it soon be came evident
that, while I knew the whole story and had seen lots of clips and stills,
I had never seen the whole thing. So today I watched a film the same age
as me in a theater twenty-five years older than both of us.
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