http://wkyt.mis.net/travelblog Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:44:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Almost looks more like a sports headline than a Travel Blog headline..................... but sports and tourism can be one in the same.............more on that later. Last week I went to the fair, worked in the State Tourism booth and met some great people. This year's State Fair was my 18th ... http://wkyt.mis.net/travelblog/?p=41 August 14th through the 24th is an important time if you like Funnel Cakes and Fried Coke! More about Fried coke in a moment! The Kentucky State Fair is beginning Thursday and for 10 days we will be entertained by top national musical artists' and blue ribbon winning wines and ... http://wkyt.mis.net/travelblog/?p=40 Well, last week kept me in town mostly. I did make a run up to Northern Kentucky for the afternoon on Thursday to check out the new water attraction at the Newport Aquarium. This week I'll be heading over to Claiborne Horse Farm in Paris to meet up with Jim ... http://wkyt.mis.net/travelblog/?p=39 Oh people, did I put some miles on the old car last week!!!!!!!!!!!! First, I went to Harlan to meet a great bunch of folks at the Harlan Center. A native son from there is preparing to do some good work on the big screen about Harlan County and its ... http://wkyt.mis.net/travelblog/?p=38 What a headline......................... Actually the two have Winchester connections and are equally refreshing to be around. You're wondering where I am going with this whole thing? Well, Friday the First Lady held a press conference detailing her new program "Horses & Hope" This program is designed to bring awareness, education and ... http://wkyt.mis.net/travelblog/?p=37 Remember........................ last week I conducted a very unscientific poll of favorite places to visit in the Commonwealth? I have the results; but again remember these results are the opinion of the reader and NOT MINE, not that I might not agree with some of them you understand, but I have ... http://wkyt.mis.net/travelblog/?p=36 So far this tourism season we've been able to trade some good travel tips and ideas between us that hopefully have helped us find the best burgers, saved us money, edu'tained ourselves, developed new friends, discovered new roads or even walked old scenic byways! I sure have; I have taken advice ... http://wkyt.mis.net/travelblog/?p=35 I wish this summer would slow down, I mean it; its making me sick just how fast we got to July 4th! Summer is my favorite season, the hotter the better I say!!!!!!!!!!! So much good food on the grill and so much fun in the water. We've talked at length ... http://wkyt.mis.net/travelblog/?p=34 Over the last several months we have talked about Kentucky this and Kentucky that! Good eating places, good day trip spots, favorite state parks, outstanding outdoor photography areas and real cool people; we've talked about it all! Over the weekend a few friends and I were talking about things or ... http://wkyt.mis.net/travelblog/?p=33 Did you know that one week a year you get a pass on the unhealthy food taboo curse? You do! For one week every year the County Fair Gods lay upon us the guilt free sensation that we can have funnel cakes, deep fried oreo's (my fav.), deep fried snicker's, ... http://wkyt.mis.net/travelblog/?p=32