Finally in Lexington

  Whew!! We arrived in Lexington last night at 7:30 pm after three LONG days. We are staying in the Fort Boonesborough State Park camp ground- I keep wondering when I'm going to hear banjos... The entire place is decorated for halloween, with orange lights, giant inflatable ghosts (which are strangely accompanied by an entire cast of inflatable cartoon characters ranging from Sponge Bob to Snoopy, and a space ship, complete with aliens,  strung up in a tree? weird). If anyone wants a Fort Boonesborough Halloween Bash T-shirt, I am willing to take orders... Anyway, the Subaru is unloaded from the back of the trailer and our house is now set up, complete with a living room (with a sofa) and a nice little bedroom area- it kind of reminds me of my first studio apartment. Not too shabby for a horse trailer.
  The last two days of the drive were fairly uneventful- I had the most pleasant drive to date across Nebraska- I slept most of the way... We did indeed find Wahoo, Nebraska, and managed to drive the big rig right down the main street. Luckily the roads are wide. After spending the morning looking up dead people on my Droid, we found Chris's great grandparents' graves in the Wahoo cemetery. We stopped for a moment, took some pictures, stretched our legs, and hit the road again.
  Speaking of roads... If you like your car, your tires, or your sanity, avoid Indiana and Missouri AT ALL COSTS!! Really, how hard can it be to make the joints between bridges and roads meet up? And potholes? They are big enough to swallow a Prius! I have a new respect for long haul truckers and a new disdain for highway "engineers." Also, if you like any variety of food that won't outlast you, make sure you stock up before you hit Nebraska. I finally found some fruit and a power bar right outside of Lincoln, which was a welcome relief after a day of junk-food enforced fasting.
  Mom and I don't have tickets for any events today, so we plan on doing some grocery shopping (hello, vegetables) and kicking around Lexington a bit. So far, I have found a coffee shop and a Middle Eastern grocery, so I'm pretty content. We dropped Chris off this morning at a fantastic Thoroughbred farm to meet up with one of her Connemara Society friends. She is going to the dressage today for the Grand Prix Special- I am awaiting a full report tonight. Tomorrow eventing starts, so we will be hitting the horse park bright and early to deal with the inevitable parking fiasco. I hope to update tomorrow night, so stay tuned...