We started our day by driving to downtown Louisville and visiting the
Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory. After being greeted by the world's largest baseball bat, we took a tour of the factory and watched them make bats for both beginners and professionals. Quite an operation for such a seemingly simple device. The museum gave us the opportunity to hold bats used by such famous stars as Babe Ruth, Willie Mays and Ted Williams and to stand behind a foam-filled "catcher" while a 100+ mph pitch was hurled straight at us! Thank God for that bullet-proof plastic in front of us! I'm not sure I could hit a pitch that fast.
From there, we headed out to
Churchill Downs Race Track where the Kentucky Derby has been held every year since 1875. We toured the facility including the paddock area and the track itself. Then we saw a horse, Phantom On Tour, who had finished 6th in the 1997 Kentucky Derby and still looked very fit. Then it was off to the 360-degree theater for a film on the history of Churchill Downs before being given the opportunity to visit their gift shop.
Then we drove down to Clermont, KY to visit the
Jim Beam Distillery. Unfortunately, when we got there, we discovered that the factory tours were not available due to a vast remodeling project being done to the factory and the grounds, We did get a chance to do a 'tasting' of some of their fine bourbons before visiting their gift shop. Quite a day!
We started our day by driving to downtown Louisville and visiting the Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory. After being greeted by the world's largest baseball bat, we took a tour of the factory and watched them make bats for both beginners and professionals. Quite an operation for such a seemingly simple device. The museum gave us the opportunity to hold bats used by such famous stars as Babe Ruth, Willie Mays and Ted Williams and to stand behind a foam-filled "catcher" while a 100+ mph pitch was hurled straight at us! Thank God for that bullet-proof plastic in front of us! I'm not sure I could hit a pitch that fast.
From there, we headed out to Churchill Downs Race Track where the Kentucky Derby has been held every year since 1875. We toured the facility including the paddock area and the track itself. Then we saw a horse, Phantom On Tour, who had finished 6th in the 1997 Kentucky Derby and still looked very fit. Then it was off to the 360-degree theater for a film on the history of Churchill Downs before being given the opportunity to visit their gift shop.
Then we drove down to Clermont, KY to visit the Jim Beam Distillery. Unfortunately, when we got there, we discovered that the factory tours were not available due to a vast remodeling project being done to the factory and the grounds, We did get a chance to do a 'tasting' of some of their fine bourbons before visiting their gift shop. Quite a day!
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