Our plan was to head to Lexington to tour the Mary Todd Lincoln childhood home. Since we had had a very light breakfast, we were going to stop at someplace to grab a bite to eat first. Then it was to be on to the Joseph Beth Bookstore before heading to The Beaumont Inn where we had 7:00 reservations.
Barbara and Charles really liked Alfalfa so we stopped there. It was a really neat place with good organic and local foods. The menu had sandwiches and burgers, but I decided that an omelet would be less filling.
With the bill paid, and restrooms visited we walked back to the parking garage and headed to the Todd House. But, the best laid plans were not to be and even though the house was said to be open until 4:00, the last tour was at 3 and we had just missed it.
Replan - None of us had been to Ashland, home of Henry Clay, so off we went. It really was a fortuitous decision. We had a wonderful tour with so much information by Jon Mansfield, a former history teacher. We decided that his students would have been very fortunate. Other than being the The Great Compromiser, I really knew very little about Clay and how political he really was.
The four of us had been to The Beaumont Inn probably 43 years ago and remember it as a wonderful place to eat. At that time the chicken and country ham were "all you can eat" and the sweet lady in the dining room had to keep bringing more to the two young gentlemen. She finally remarked, "haven't you boys had enough yet?" It was just as elegant as we remembered.
We started with some of the best fried green tomatoes followed by The Classic Beaumont Inn Dinner - fried chicken, country ham, corn pudding and seasoned green beans.
One of the best things of going on Wednesday was that all the wine was half off. We chose a really good one.
Full, (some of us brought some home) we headed back to Louisville. We had a full day and headed off to bed a bit earlier than usual.
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