Juana's Flat Stanley Has More Adventures...this time in Kentucky

Juana,

Here it is another week, this week we traveled to Louisville, KY.  Did you know that the Ohio River runs through Louisville, KY?  It is also used to ferry coal and other goods through the area.  Flat Stanley and I were having dinner at the Galt House’s Magnolia Café and this is what we saw.

The coal flats are just beyond the trees lining the river.  

In this picture (to the right) they are going under the bridge and the barge is pushing them to the shore on the other side, which happens to be the state of Indiana.

We discovered something new as we parked to go to the Louisville Slugger Museum.  Did you know that the Happy Birthday song started out being a “Good Morning to All” song?  We parked in what is called the “Birthday Song Parking Lot” to celebrate the song.  

I wanted the last picture to stay very large so that you could read about the song.  Here’s another one that shows the ladies credited for the “Happy Birthday” song.

We are never too old to learn and it’s great to learn new things.  This was something new for me.

Our next stop was the Louisville Slugger Museum and boy was that fun.  Did you know that they make wooden baseball bats?  It’s not only a museum but an actually factory still today.    We have a picture of the outside of the Factory and Museum.  Isn’t that the largest bat that you have ever seen?  The factory tour is a must if you ever visit Louisville.

It’s quite the experience to see them cutting the wood and all of the work that goes into the process.

The next picture shows another aspect of Louisville, probably one of the most know facts.  It is the location of the Kentucky Derby that is held in May.  At the airport there is a statue of a Jockey riding a race horse.  So we had to have a picture of Flat Stanley and the Jockey on the horse.

The Kentucky Derby is held at Churchill Downs and Flat Stanley is just tagging along.

I hope you have enjoyed our Kentucky trip as much as we did.  This weekend we will spend time with Evelyn’s other daughter Amy and her two sons.  We hope to have more pictures and fun times.

Thanks,

Flat Stanley and Evelyn