My neighbor has a castle...

I decided to take a break from flying this week and do some good ole fashioned driving. I needed to spend some time at a location just outside of Birmingham and with the short notice the flight was ridiculously expensive. So packed up the car and headed south. I figured I could break up the drive by stopping to see some family in Nashville since I was driving right through on my way.

This trip clocked over 8 hours of driving and 3 states before I finally go to my destination. But not before passing some interesting sites. I have driven through Lexington, Kentucky before but never on the way that this trip took. I never expected to see a stone castle with turrets and everything just planted on the side of the road. This was just down the street from the horse track and near the private plane airport. Now this castle looked to be still under construction, but will definitely be awe inspiring and maybe a tourist trap when completed. My niece would have loved to see it, so I dragged out my camera, pulled over, and snapped a shot hoping to remind her that fairy tales do exist in this world. I was a bit smitten with the place since it was so different than today's cookie cutter subdivisions across this great land. This was new and meticulously thought out. I wondered what the inside would look like. Would it be decorated to match the days of old or would they bring the inside into the 21st century with modern furniture, etc. Only time will tell and I hope this place will give tours.

My work in Alabama was complete and turned back toward the house. I passed the castle once again and gave it a smile this time instead of the wide eyed expression from the first pass. I could only hope that a family gets to move in and let their children experience being real princes or princesses in such a fantastic place.

After getting a bit curious able this mammoth place, I did a little searching on the internet. Turns out this place has quite a history. It was built, but never quite completed by the original owner who recently passed away. The current owner has refurbished it and turned it in to an exclusive bed and breakfast. They even have private events there. It is now called Post Castle after the curent owners. Glad to see it is used and what construction I saw must just be maintenance or new additions. Glad to hear all that is not being wasted.

Virginia on My Mind

Spent the past few weeks with a couple days at a pop driving through eastern Virginia just south of the Potomac. Just sailing east on I-64 towards Richmond reminds me how much I love to see the historical markers for Civil War battlefields or other points of interest. All over the south, these signs entice drivers and tourist to stop and take a walk down memory lane. The roads around Richmond were littered with these markers. The ones that caught my attention were those marking items related to George Washington. Maybe next time I drive through I will find the time to stop and check out these snippets of days passed. After all, don't we all owe him just a bit of our time to show respect to him for all the time he spent for us.