Thank you all for your input! If we do end up going to Lexington I will be sure to schedule around the busy season- I'm not a fan of huge touristy crowds!

I'm lobbying my husband to take our two vacation weeks this years as "us" vacations. Usually we take both weeks and see family, but both our sets of parents only live 7 hours away (and in the same city, no less!), so we can see them over weekends easily. So, we may end up doing both KY and NC if I succeed in my lobbying efforts.