Last week, I was invited to attend the ANCC National Magnet Conference in Louisville Kentucky. The conference is for hospitals that have gotten Magnet certification, as a chance to network, and get some CEU credits. I've never been to this conference before, and was honored to attend. I've also never been to Kentucky before, so I was looking for a chance to see some place new.
To start the trip, the secretary who made our travel arrangements goofed. She flew us into Lexington, instead of Louisville! I didn't think it was a big deal, figured the two cities were close. Well.....when the taxi cab driver asked where the hotel was, then he needed a street address, and then he enters the address into his GPS, I figured we were in trouble! The two cities are 71 miles away, and it costs $190 to take a taxi from the Lexington airport into Louisville! OOOPPSS! LOL! But, at least our driver was hospitable, and pointed out the sights as we went!
The conferences were mostly interesting. It's just very difficult to sit cooped up in a windowless room for 8 hours!
Thursday night I got to be naughty. One of our nurses was invited to a special night at Churchill Downs, the rest of our group was not. But, don't tell our boss she isn't invited somewhere! LOL! We figured the worst thing they would do is not let us in, and we'd look at the sights, then get a taxi ride back to the hotel. I am so happy our boss lady is naughty! I loved seeing Churchill Downs! So cool! But, now I want to go to the Derby next May! Anybody want to come with me? :-)
Here are some of my favorite photos from the Downs.
Enjoy
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