Louisville, KY

George & I took a trip to Louisville, KY this past week for a Metro College conference. It was for college ministers on church staff and their wives. I met some really sweet women who serve along side their husbands and it was so great to make connections with people who know the life I live! It was also a great getaway for the two of us after a pretty busy few weeks.

While there we had a little free time before the conference started and took a trip to the Louisville Slugger Museum. Let me say how shocked I was at this place. I honestly thought a bat was a bat...but after taking the tour I now know that there are over 1,000 bat templates for professionals...and that's just at this bat maker! It was pretty interesting.

We also drove out to see Churchill Downs (the site of the Kentucky Derby). The museum and track were closed that day (we were two days too early to see the museum which shuts down from August to late April) and we just didn't have time in our schedule for a tour. Let's just say the area of town the track is in is rough. Wow... so much money in one place surrounded by really run-down places. It was not at all like I expected. I honestly thought it would be surrounded my fields or at least in a part of town that felt up to par for the Kentucky Derby.

This is actually Barbaro's grave... he didn't break his leg here at the Derby...but at the Preakness. Apparently the horse Eight Bells is also buried at Churchill Downs...but somewhere inside the gates which we didn't get tos ee.

Game used bat from Mickey Mantel (hence the white gloves)

Us outside the museum in front of the huge bat

No clue what the significance of this glove is...but the tour guide brought it to me so I of course had to take a picture with it (???)