Today, I drove from Louisville to Pittsburgh. I got a decently early start (leaving my Airbnb around 8:30am) and headed to the Kentucky Derby Museum located at Churchill Downs, the site of the Kentucky Derby. The Kentucky Derby Museum consisted of a few exhibits that were pretty interesting, including one that featured Kentucky Derby hats, as well as a good 17 minute movie featuring the spectacle that is the Kentucky Derby. However, the most noteworthy part of was the brief (25 minute) tour that took us to the grandstand inside the Churchill Downs track. There were still some horses training (the horses train between 6-10am) so it was cool to see horses running around on the track (although at a much slower pace than on the big track). This visit made me think that it would be VERY cool to go to Louisville in the days/weeks surrounding the Derby to see the big race and the surrounding spectacles.
Here are some pictures:
After that, I headed on the road towards Pittsburgh. On the way, I stopped for lunch a little bit north of Cincinnati, for gas (wanted to top off in Ohio to avoid the high prices of WV and PA) in Cambridge, OH, and at an outlet mall in Washington, PA to pick up new Crocs and a present for my aunt & uncle.
I arrived to my aunt & uncle's apartment building in Pittsburgh around 6:15pm. I'm staying in a guestroom that is shared between tenants on the first floor of the building. For dinner, we went to Legume, a local restaurant that specializes in sustainably-sourced (correct term?) ingredients, where I had beef tartare, a leg of lamb steak, and a chocolate truffle cake. Overall, a terrific dinner.
After some more socializing, I'm back in the guest room watching TV. After breakfast tomorrow, I head back to New Jersey with a stop at Fallingwater on the way.
Final Stop: Mendham, NJ
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