Louisville

Ok, so this post is long overdue. But, I wanted to get it up because it was a lot of fun and I wanted to talk about how it would make a great family vacation. This, of course, is one of the places we visited. If you know my husband you know he is a huge Jim Beam fan. I'm glad we went, it was really neat. Fall is a perfect time to go to Kentucky, it is beautiful country. Isn't this fire truck cute?

This is the house they used to live in when they first started their establishment. Their factory is huge now. I don't remember all of the statistics and how many warehouses they have with how many bottles or barrels, etc, sorry. It's big, a lot of barrels of whiskey.

I was trying to get a picture of the label that says this whiskey, that we were sampling, is 190 proof! Knock me off of my...

This is the store and bar where we sampled several different whiskeys.

This place is the Louisville Slugger factory. We had dinner here and got to tour the place after dinner. I don't know why, but for some reason, I kept thinking of Bud, Michelle's husband, through this whole damn tour. He just really seems like he would like this place. It's full of baseball, duh, and tons of baseball statistics.

Then, there's this place! Bud, you have got to get to this place. You would love it!

I think this was Babe Ruth's bat? Not sure. I was a little distracted as the entire dinner was open bar.

Really?

This is my curly headed partner in crime, Debbie. We would get up every morning and run on the riverfront. It was awesome. We had a great time. She's also from Ashland. Her husband works with Martin, obviously.

This was one of my favorite horses. These painted horses were everywhere. Yes, I know, I was in Kentucky, I know why there were horses everywhere.

This was the first night we were in Kentucky. We were on our way back to the hotel after a long night of fun...

...at this place.

Another place I thought of Bud. Civil War site...

These are the peeps we hung out with. This sign below is not a joke. It was actually posted on the riverfront. They mean the cars will be launched into the river! It only took us 4 hours to get to Louisville and we made a lot of potty breaks! There are many more family places to go and things to do, short drive, I'm hoping we make it back there with the kids.