The first day of our trip, we went to Jeffersonville, Indiana to an old-fashioned candy shop called Schimpff's. We had an awesome tour and they showed us how they make their old-fashioned cinnamon drops. You can see the man in the background cooling the mixture. It was a really fun tour!
Afterwards, we had to buy lots of souvenirs, a.k.a. candy! :). Em and I are holding up an assorted package that had cinnamon drops, caramel covered marshmallows, and turtles (actually in the shape of turtles!!)
Our next stop was at the Louisville Slugger Museum. We took a tour that showed us all around the factory and how they make their famous bats. I knew that Sam would've LOVED the tour (cursed work! :)). After the tour, they have LOTS of fun photo opportunities. Em and I are watching Babe Ruth (I think that's who it is) "drop a bomb on those fools", as Sam would say.
Valerie posing while holding a bat owned by Mickey Mantle. Doesn't she look like she's ready to hit a home run?!
Of course we had to pose in front of the big bat. One thing I learned is that this bat is not a sculpture, it is actually a plumbing vent. The city of Louisville wouldn't let the museum have a sculpture that high, so they disguised it a plumbing vent. What a genius idea!
Next on our tour was to the Glassworks Factory. They make all this beautiful artwork entirely out of glass! The guy in this pic is heating up the glass to make a whimsical wine cork. It was fascinating to see him at work!
This was my favorite part of the tour. We saw guys doing blown-glass. One guy is obviously blowing the glass while the other is shaping it with wet newspapers. It is SUCH an amazing process to watch. They ended up making this BEAUTIFUL bowl! I wanted to buy it, but it was $450! YIKES! Then I'd still have to carry it on the plane. So I bought a beautiful glass necklace instead! (You're welcome Sam! Hahah!)
Afterwards, we went to Churchhill Downs where they do the Kentucky Derby. It's so fascinating to me that they have this gorgeous building and they make such a HUGE deal about a 2 minute race. It was still interesting to see though.
Our next stop was at the Louisville temple. It was closed for cleaning, but the grounds people let us take some pic anyway!
The cute couple!! :)
Lastly, we went to see Daniel Boone's grave. I'm not the best historian, but I wasn't quite sure who Daniel Boone was. Ok, I knew he was like a Davy Crockett, but other than that I didn't know too much about him. I still don't, but his grave has an awesome view of Frankfurt!! :) That's the state capital in the background.
That evening, Valerie, Emily and I all had a BLAST catching fireflies (or the Kentuckyians call them lightning bugs). Call me a West Coast girl, but I had never seen anything like them. It was fun to catch them and look at how many we caught! What fun! :)
The following day, the 4 of us drove from Kentucky to Maryland to visit my parents (yes, my parents did move to Maryland!). It was about a 9 hour trip, but we had a good time. We stopped at this burger place in West Virginia where they make homemade root beer and all of the waiters look oddly the same (inbreeding!?). We also saw Moorhead State University, where Jeremy and Valerie went to school. This pic is at a rest stop overlooking Pennsylvania. It's so green and beautiful! I LOVE IT!. Most importantly, we did a Slurpee run for Jeremy (there are NO Slurpees in Kentucky. Poor Jeremy!). We got to Maryland at about 7PM and saw my parents' new condo. Next time I'll post about what we did in Maryland. Stay tuned! :)
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