Nine days ago we packed our bags and loaded up our Expedition for the long ten-hour drive from our home in North Carolina to our native home of Kentucky. It was a trip we had not made in several years. We picked this week specifically because it was the main week of the Kentucky Derby [...]
For 54 years, a host of floats, bands and of course horses have made their way through the streets of Louisville, Kentucky to celebrate the Kentucky Derby, the King of all Horse Racing. The parade is the longest running event of the Kentucky Derby Festival, a two-week party leading up to the big race on [...]
The Belle of Louisville steams upriver during the 2009 Great Steamboat Race I left a good job in the city Working for the man every night and day And I never lost one minute of sleeping Worrying bout the way things might have been Big wheel keep on turning Proud Mary keep on burning And [...]
The alarm went off promptly at 6:00am. Tired from another late night, Sherry and I rolled out of bed and made our way upstairs to the TV. High Winds have been a problem for ballooning all week and today’s winds were forecast to be over the safety threshold as well. Dancing around the dial of [...]
Today was filled with frustration, though we did have some successes. Today was to be “The Great Balloon Race”. The alarm went off at 6:00am. We actually got to “sleep in” since we were not going to the Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center to watch the takeoff, but instead going to wait along the projected [...]
Several years ago a new event was added to the Kentucky Derby Festival list of events — The Great Balloon Glow. On the eve of the Great Balloon Race which happens early in the morning the Saturday before the Derby, all the hot air balloon teams have a practice session at dusk. Over 30 hot [...]
On the Road Again…. On the road again, I can’t wait to get on the road again…. — Willy Nelson When I first conceived this site, I knew I wanted it to be photography related and being a sharer of information I knew it would eventually become more educational. At the time I was doing [...]