We just returned from a great week in Louisville where Dave and Sue Fiehtner produced a fabulous annual get together. Thursday we visited the Louisville Slugger factory and learned how baseball bats are made, had a great lunch at the Gault House Hotel, visited the Frazer Museum where the history of warfare is traced (lots of guns!), and finally a walk on a coral reef in New Albany Indiana. If you didn't know, Louisville owes much of its existence to the Falls of the Ohio formed by an ancient coral reef! Louisville was a portage site for many years since that section of river was virtually impassible!
On Friday we visited the Patton Museum at Ft Knox, drove past the Gold Depository, ate lunch at a fine old restaurant in Bardstown (where we had Kentucky Brown - turkey, ham, bacon, and cheese on top of toast points with tomato on top). Walt Walter asked me is I wanted his piece of coconut cream pie! He didn't have to ask twice! Then, on to Maker's Mark distillery where we had a fabulous tour by a very "alive" young woman who obviously loved her job. After the tasting, Bob won a golf shirt for answering the trivia question (how many years minimum must bourbon be in the barrel? Ans: 2).
Then a quick stop at My Old Kentucky Home State Park for some pics with Steven Foster's statue and a bit of a walk about. Saw a school that may be where Theresa's brother Steve went to High School.
Saturday, we just goofed around and played computer until we had to get out of the room. Then we went to the "Ready Room" to shoot the bull with other attendees. Then a very nice dinner, a little "speechifying" and back to Indy.
It was a great week but its great to be home!
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