Kentucky - Bike polo and other entertaining events...

With doing quite a lot of couch surfing, we've not been online too much - too much chatting with our hosts and seeing the places we're visiting, so here's what we've been up to so far...

You just can't get away from those horses!!!

From the heat of Dallas we flew North East to Lexington, Kentucky and into the lovely home of couch surfer hosts Tiffany and Chris.
On arrival we were invited to come down to the local park and see some bike polo... not knowing what this was, we jumped at the chance and with one dog each - Chris, Tiffany and I (accompanied by Cleo, Betty and Elliott) decided to see what this was all about.

As you can see, it's a very interesting sport. We helped to construct an enclosed space so that two teams could compete at once and it was great fun meeting all of Chris and Tiffany's friends and see how the game was played. (6 people in total - one on each goal mouth and two in the field). It doesn't last for long it depends who scores more goals but no longer than 14 mins a team. Good fun and afterwards a trip to the local bar for food and sweet potato fries!!!

The reason Chris and I contacted Tiffany requesting we surf her couch was due to the fact that she ran a doggy daycare in Lexington called Dogtown. As I have been wanting a dog, this would be a good idea of what's involved in looking after it. This place was something else and we spent two days (not full days) helping out and playing with the pooches! Some days there are only around 20 dogs and then it goes into the 30s! And yes, I could remember all their names!

Chris keeping some of the doggies company!

We saw some of the other sights of Lexington (there weren't too many on foot) and had a lovely stroll around the cemetery which has some interesting tales and facts - and some lovely headstones! - they do actually cater for tours!!! (and I do like cemeteries!)
In no time at all our time in Lexington was at an end and both Chris and I had a ball staying with Tiffany and her partner Chris. They certainly went further out of their way when we discovered there wasn't an easy option to get to the airport in Louisville, so Chris (the other one!) did the needful and drove us over in the morning.

Tiffany and Chris

Kentucky was fun and we tried the famous Bourbon Beer - hmmm, Chris liked it, me... nah!