Monday Memories: Horses & Goddesses
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 After the Derby
We arrived in Kentucky in the afternoon and made our way to Churchhill Downs, site of the famous Kentucky Derby. The Derby had taken place the Saturday before our arrival. We took the tour of the race track and spent some time inside of the historic museum.
Being a professional jockey has got to worse than a fashion model. The men starve themselves so that they can remain paper thin. Somehow they are strong enough to drive a one-ton animal at 35-40 mph, too. What I liked best was the tradition of the Southern ladies wearing gaudy hats. Being a Shrone, I am drawn to outrageous headgear. We placed a bet on one of the horses that was racing that afternoon. We didn't win. It was fun to see a real-live horse race! KFC HQ
While in Kentucky I figured that it would be a good thing to slink on over to the KFC Headquarters and go tour the Colonel Sanders museum. Only thing is, the museum thought they needed to be closed because of 9/11—even though it had happened over six months' earlier! Well, we got to step inside the Colonel's office and I sat at his desk and the secretary took our picture standing around the fiberglass colonel likeness, and as a token for not letting us into the museum, she gave us a sheet of postcards (retail value $1). Inside of the musem I could see they had the Colonel's original white suit. I wonder if they had a preserved cooked chicken, too?
 It's Greek to Me The next day we were in Nashville and we stopped in the downtown to get a gander at what it looked like. While roaming the streets we saw a Willie Nelson look-alike and I snuck a picture of him.
Seems that there was more historical stuff to see in the downtown of Nashville, if we only knew what to look for, such as that during the Civil War, legalized prostitution was enacted to help prevent the spread of STDs.
During our visit a bunch of local school kids swarmed the building and it was weird hearing the teacher explain things to the unsuspecting children. All of that controversial stuff about Goddesses and their symbology was left out because there is just too much about Greek culture that is upsetting by southern standards. Once we were finished with seeing Athena we had lunch at Fuddrucker's. I fondly recall our meal there because they make the best burger in the country. We departed to Memphis where we were headed toward our Elvis Experience. |
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