anniversary pictures!

The first place we visited:

This monument houses a log cabin that was originally believed to be Lincoln's birthplace...

...but sometime after the cabin was rebuilt inside the monument, it was discovered that Lincoln was not apparently born here. It is indicative of the type and size of cabin Lincoln was born in, though.

Next, we went to:

The cabin you see in the background is about all there is to see there. Next...

... the Maker's Mark Distillery!

Alpine and I dipped our own bottles, and we think our bottles turned out the best of everyone there that day! Alpine got a huge run...

... while mine wasn't as huge, but was equally as good.

Then, it was on to...

Here is the difference in the two warehouses... the Maker's warehouses are dark brown (they appear black), while the Beam warehouses are white-ish. They say that the mold that grows on the bottom of the warehouses is a sign of the right conditions for the aging of their whisky.

I believe that each one of these barrels holds around 53 gallons of bourbon, and each warehouse holds around 20,000 barrels... mmmmm!

Our next stop was the Kentucky Capitol Building. It was HUGE and magnificent:

The House and Senate were located at the top of their own grand set of stairs...

Senate

House

Kentucky Supreme Court Chambers

On the way out of Frankfort, we saw:

And this is the original Capitol Building. I guess this is why they made the new one so HUGE!

And lastly, we saw the infamous Wolf Creek Dam, which very well might burst at any minute. They say that it would flood parts of Nashville if it were to go... and the people just down-stream of the dam would be up shit creek, so to speak.