Kentucky Scenes

Held every year, in Louisville, the State Fair brings together hundreds of thousands of people, competing in everything from best pig, to best cake. And, if you want a wild ride, you can wander outside onto the Midway, where you'll find a carnival filled with games and thrill-seekers.

Kentucky State Fair Official site


The 2005 Culinary competition


I took this picture below with my Nikon FE-2 35mm camera, a straight 35 lens, f-stop 2.0, and 1/15 sec shutter speed, using 200 asa film.

Shelbyville and LaGrange are quaint little Kentucky towns with some railroad heritage, that I captured in a few pictures from a recent visit.

I had driven out to Shelbyville one afternoon, and noticed that a railroad track ran down through one of the streets, and what appeared to be an old terminal had been converted into some sort of tractor showroom, LOL...

--incidentally, the little red car in the foreground is my car.



LaGrange was my next stop, and it truly is something straight out of the Twilight Zone, with it's Main Street, lined with old shops. It's a very comfortable place.






I was walking back to my car, when I smelled something good cooking...

Paducah is one of several cities whose early development was directly tied to river commerce. It's a small town in Western Kentucky, about a three hour drive from Louisville.

I traveled there on work related matters, several years ago, and was amazed at how much hard work had gone into preserving it's Downtown architecture. In the next few days, I'll upload some more pictures of this very nice, quiet town on the river.

What I saw that really caught my eye, were the murals which had been painted on the flood wall at the bank of the river. The city took an eye sore and created art and a history lesson. Walk along it's several block span, and you'll be treated to a great tour back in time.