license [plates] to photograph

post #464
       Long story -- Friday morning I planned to drive two hours west to Frankfort, Kentucky, the capital of our state.  At 10 a.m. I would get on a small boat for an hour's tour sponsored by the local Audubon group. We'd look for birds and wildlife in general AND learn more about the way the river fits into the landscape along with some history. Because I already had an appointment for that afternoon in nearby Lexington, I thought I could make it work, despite the challenges of getting there and finding the boat landing location. I had never been there before.
      OK, well, several things got in my way. I knocked my glasses off the bed just before leaving home, and a lens fell out and of course I couldn't see to fix it. But then I remembered the eye doctor in Morehead opens at 8 or 8:30, on my way, so I could take it to them to fix! And they did! But since I hadn't left home in a timely manner anyway, it was now going to be a close call to get there in time. I didn't put the location info into my phone in a timely manner either. And of course I had to visit the rest stop on the interstate, since we had been notified that there were no facilities on the boat!
        SO, as you can imagine, a little extra errand here, a little vagueness about the layout of Frankfort and the river there, and a short side trip to the parking lot of a bourbon distillery by mistake, I didn't get there in time. However, I am proud that I missed the departure by only 10 minutes at the most.  Even though I had really wanted to have been on the boat, by now I was mostly amazed to be where I had planned to go, with my camera in my car! 
        OK, making art makes for better self-esteem, so I had an idea of how to honor all the people who managed to get there in time.  I would take some photos of their license plates and bumper stickers -- knowing how interesting the folks might be who had been just a bit better about getting ready to go out on the river on this beautiful day. (Every plate is a Kentucky plate.)
        SO, here are the photos. I have to add that during my recent trip to northern California I had encountered more than a few people who had looked politely stricken when I would tell them I was from Kentucky. They didn't know whether to ask about my politics -- how could I be for Mitch McConnell -- or not.  On these cars are several stickers in support of Amy McGrath, who is running against McConnell... so I hope this reassures folks not in Kentucky that many of us are indeed trying our best to finish his Senate career. 

Anyway, here are my photos, and thanks for sticking with me through this shaggy dog story!!

THE EMPTY BOAT LANDING

Note: I don't show more than one plate of the same kind, AND my car is one of the plates..... Also, the University of Kentucky basketball team is called the Wildcats....

If only Google Map could tell me that the entrance to the boat landing is exactly opposite this unique row of multi colored buildings, I might have made it on board. I hope I get to meet some of these people some other time if I ever have a second chance to go out on the river with them.