This morning we took the tour of the Louisville Slugger baseball bat factory. The tour itself is short but it was very good. You actually walk among the the machines that are making the bats. There were many young kids on the tour and it was great to see their excitement at the mention of the pro baseball player's names. At the end of the tour you get a free mini bat. Although we were not allowed to take photos during the tour - we made up for it by taking a number of photos of the famous six story high bat in front of the factory!
We then went to Churchill Downs- of course famous for the Kentucky Derby horse race each spring. The building is huge! We were shocked at how big it is. One top tip - we didn't have time for the walking tour as we really needed to hit the road. We spoke with a lady at the gift shop who told us to go to gate 17 - where we could pay $2 and could then view the track. (It's a top tip as the information desk told us the only way to see the track was via the tour). So we went to gate 17 and got to see the track and walk amoung the seats. We could just imagine all the men and women dressed up watching the race and drinking mint juleps. And of course I thought of my friend, Grace, who I think about each Kentucky Derby day!
The rest of the day was just spent driving. We arrived at St. Louis around 6pm. We got so excited when we first caught a glimpse of the arch. We will tour that tomorrow morning.
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