Kentucky

Wednesday, May 22

This morning we did not have hot water - and Mama ain't happy!  I have been noticing that we seem to be losing water from our tank and could not figure out why, plus I had noticed that the gas water heater had been behaving strangely.  This morning I figured it out - the pop-off valve is weak and water has been dripping down in the burner and putting the flame out.

I did some research and found a dealer for the Attwood water heater, called and set up a time to drop by and get it fixed.  It so happens that the place we stopped is a salvage yard for damaged RVs.  They buy RVs from insurance companies, strip them for parts, and sell parts on the internet - very successfully from the looks of things.

But, it was very depressing to walk around their salvage yard and see all the "retired" motorhomes. Not a pretty picture.

Bill, it's a good thing we didn't see these before we bought ours!

However, we ended the day on a much brighter note - and the water heater is fixed.

We picked the Kentucky Horse Park Campground near Lexington, Kentucky to spend the evening.  Again, a great choice.  One of the nicest parks in which we've stayed, and only $30.  

The campground, which has 237 spaces, plus overflow, is located adjacent to the Kentucky Horse Park.  The campground has a full size pool (unfortunately not open for the season yet), basketball and tennis courts, and playgrounds. We spent a couple of hours riding and walking around the Horse Park learning and seeing more about race horses than we'd ever known.

Man o' War - a famous horse from the early 1920's is buried here

The Horse Park is a working park, with arenas, stadiums, polo fields, stalls, gift shops, museums, restaurants and anything else for the horse and rider.

Clara really enjoyed this park.  She finally had a tree on which she could put up her swing.