Yesterday we drove through the rain, a lot more than what I consider to be a 30% chance of rain, to Lexington. My sister had called us and said that it was beautiful in Lexington. After I hung up with her, I wondered if the weather was great or if they were just so excited about being away from home (together) since bringing home the Niece. As it turns out, as soon as we got over Afton Mountain, the rain stopped. It wasn’t beautiful but it was dry.
We found the B&B and checked-in. When we got back outside, with the innkeeper in tow (our room’s entrance was outside and upstairs), my sister and brother-in-law were sitting in rockers on the porch. The innkeeper told them we’d meet them around on our side of the connecting door. The innkeeper showed us to the room and then beat it when he realized that my sister and I should not be allowed out together. Honestly, I don’t know what happened to the guy after I couldn’t get the connecting door to open because I thought my sister was pulling on the handle and I was laughing hard. He opened the door and I think he vanished into thin air.
We made a quick tour of the two campuses and then walked around town a bit. We ate dinner at The Palms and my sister sucked down not one but two vanilla shakes in fifteen minutes. She was crazy, I tell you, crazy. We weren’t sure what she might do next after she drank that second shake.
The David Wilcox show was great. I think most people there were serious fans. My sister and brother-in-law have seen him maybe a dozen times–they couldn’t remember. The better-half and I had never seen him perform before and only knew of his music because of hearing it at their house.
The crowd was small (maybe 200 people) and we were under a tent to stay dry. I don’t think there was a bad seat in the house and you felt like you were hanging out with your uncle David while he played guitar and sang.
After the show, we hung out on our private porch and watched the world go by until about 11:30pm. The quickie mart down the street has quite a business after 10. If you are in Lexington, you should check out the Stop In on Main Street. Something extraordinary awaits you there.