As I posted about last week, I finally made it the Kentucky Derby , a bucket list activity that was somehow not on my radar for my trip to Lexington. My stay also coincided with other big horse events, like the Spring Meet at Keeneland and the Kentucky Horse Park Three-Day Event . So of course I went to them all. But the title of this post is referring to a metaphorical dark horse, defined as "a previously lesser-known person or thing that emerges to prominence in a situation." And that is Lexington. What I mean is - I had no idea I would love it here so much...possibly more than I love Northwest Arkansas. The caving and hiking has been amazing as advertised, but - totally unexpectedly - the city itself has everything I'm looking for in a (semi) permanent home. First, there's a great writers community. Shut Up and Write has an active branch with welcoming people and the brewery they meet at on Wednesdays is my favorite in town. They have all kinds of cool events t
Virtually in America
Observations and adventures in the United States during my life as a digital nomad from October 2020 until today