Winding Down

Friday saw quite a few Model A’s leaving for home.  The day consisted of a few seminars, the Banquet in the evening and some bus tours.  The Champagnes took the horse farm tour.  The Lindens and Doyles did a self-guided tour and visited the Woodford Distillery.  Andy went back to the Kentucky Horse Park.

The Woodford Distillery is in Versailles, so we set the GPS and headed off.  The nice side benefit of our trip was that the roads to the distillery took us by the most beautiful horse farms one could imagine.  It is easy to see why horse racing in the sport of kings.  The drive was very enjoyable.

We arrived just in time in time to take the 11 AM tour.  The buildings of the facility were also very historic; in fact a few are National Historic buildings.  Our tour leader was very energetic and gave us a good explanation of the process Woodford goes through in the making of their Bourbon.  Some of the vats were really bubbling away and the barrel storage area for the aging of the bourbon was very impressive.  Back at the visitor center we got to do a tasting of the product in our own shot glass.  To be honest, I found the Wild Turkey American Honey much better.

Jordan was getting hungry, so we decided to go to the local eatery suggested by our tour guide.  It was only 8 miles to Wallace Station via some more spectacular farms.  Wallace Station lived up to its reputation.  The place was packed and there were a handful of Model A’s there as well.  While we placed our order Grace and Jordan secured us a table.  The sandwiches were not only good, they were big. 
http://www.wallacestation.com/Wallace_Station_Deli_and_Bakery/Home.html

We chatted with a few of the other Model Aers and then headed to a local antique shop.  We didn’t find anything.  It was getting a little late, so we decided to head back to the hotel, but not before getting some supplies for the return trip tomorrow and getting gas.

Mike and I dropped the ladies off at the front door before returning to the parking lot where Mike changed his oil and I check my overdrive and steering fluid.  Andy showed up from his day at the Horse Park and checked a few things as well.

The banquet was the end of the convention and we had our table reserved.  Thanks to the table that Andy picked for us, we were one of the first to be served.  The food was actually pretty good.  Unfortunately the program was just too long and after 3 hours we decided to leave without hearing the results of the fine point cars or other awards to be given.  We’ll have to wait for the results in the magazine.

There has also been some local coverage in the paper.  Check out this link:
http://www.kentucky.com/2013/06/27/2695491/model-a-enthusiasts-meet-in-lexington.html#

Tomorrow it’s time to head home.  Today we drove about 30 miles.