Didn't get a chance to post anything last night, it was already after 1:00 am when I got back to the trailer and with the poor WiFi signal out there it just wasn't worth the frustration. It doesn't mean it wasn't a fun day of course, cus it was.

   Spent most of it running around the country looking at things with a good friend of mine from the dance community. We started out with lunch out at the old 'Shaker Village', west and a little south of Lexington. Figured it was going to be good food, but was not prepared for just how good it could be. Just simple food really, sandwiches, salads, tarts (quiche) and some wonderful real ice tea. Must of been good, I had 4 glasses of it.

   Drove over to the state capital in Frankfort next, a very impressive capital building, but it doesn't have a golden top to it like Colorado does. We walked around the old part of town for a while, checked out a few shops and art galleries. It's kind of a sad place with most of the old buildings closed up and empty. They did have one whole block of buildings open so maybe there is some hope yet.

    From there it was over to the town of Georgetown where we did pretty much the same thing. A couple old antique shops in that town, but there wasn't anything in any of them that really wanted to follow me home.

   A quick bite to eat at a local pub afterwards, where we got to 'experiance' the running of the Belmont Cup? with all of the locals. It's kind of fun to watch a horse race on TV with a bunch of people who live and breath horses, and actually know what it is all about. Boy did they get excited.

    A wonderful 4 hours of dancing then last night. The band was hot, the calling great and all of my dance partners were superb. It was so much fun! Which explains why the time just flew by. Then you suddenly realize that it's after midnight and you still have a 50-60 minute drive ahead of you. No problem with any of it though.

    Was up by 8:00 this morning even though it felt like the body could use a few more hours of sleep. A quick breakfast of fruit after a shower, and then a quick pack up before heading into town. Had to stop off at Target briefly to pick up a card and gift card. Will need those next week when I'm in San Diego. Made it to the dance in time to do a couple of the last waltz's of the set. Then at noon the last contra started up and from there it was non stop action until it ended a little after 3:00. Oh it is so much fun to be with all these like minded people who just want to have some fun, to dance and to talk to each other. I had very nice partners again today, including some new ones that I had never danced with before. That is the beauty behind this kind of dancing because I am sure there will come a time when I will dance with these women again, even though one was from Austin and the other from Seattle. And while we may not remember each others name at that point, we will still remember that we once had a fun time dancing together. 

    Of course it is also really nice to be able to dance with partners that you have really grown to like and look forward to seeing, talking and dancing with every time you meet up. I'm happy to say that there are now quite a few of those back in this, great big, area. It will be nice to return here again next fall and winter and see them all again.

   So with the dance being done and everything packed up I was in the truck and on my way by 4:00 this afternoon. Had only planned on going a couple of hours, but there was very little traffic and the wind was blowing from the SE for most of the evening. So I'm now in Illinois somewhere around a town called Mt Vernon. A total of a little more than 5 hours and 250+ miles. What that really means though is that there are still 950+ miles to go before hitting Longmont. But it is certainly doable now.

    Speaking of 'now' though; it's time to go get some sleep. I am wiped out and my feet are sore. Up early again tomorrow.