Crossing Eastern Kentucky with bourbon breath

We set out from Huntington West Virginia across eastern Kentucky on Interstate 64 when the rain hit.  Dave couldn't see very well so we got off and headed overland across horse farm country to Paris where we hoped to visit a 17th century tavern now museum....we forgot it was Sunday.
We then went south to Lexington on the Paris Lexington road which was a 4-lane parkway lined the whole way with beautiful stone fences.  Set back from the road were large southern style mansions with columns, one after the other.  These are really upper end horse farm residences.
We skirted around Lexington and went to Bardstown, the Bourbon capital of Kentucky....in fact we were travelling along the bourbon trail.
Distilleries in the area included Jim Bean, Maker's Mark, and Heaven Hill (which we took a tour in).  They make "Elijah Craig" and "Evan Williams" bourbons.  Naturally we tasted them and got on a little morning buzz on for our trip to Bowling Green on the Lincoln Highway where we passed his birthplace and where he grew up.