Last week I cashed in on my birthday present and went to see Stephanie and that new Great Grandson, Paul. Thursday morning (1 am), I took the "Red Eye" flight to Atlanta, GA, then on to Louisville, KY, arriving after breakfast time. I got my rental car and proceeded to Clarksville. It was too early to check into the hotel, so I went straight to the house and spent the morning visiting with Stephanie and hugging, kissing, and feeding that sweet baby boy. It was too cold to go sight seeing, but we did go to lunch and then took Paul to be weighed and measured. He weighed in at 8 lbs, which is almost 2 lbs in 3 weeks. He is also 1/2 inch longer.
By the time we got through, I could check into the hotel, so we did that and visited some more.
Late afternoon I took them home so they would be there when Cameron got home. I was so tired that I picked up a pizza and went back to the hotel, ate a little and after a shower, slept for 12 hours.
Friday was a much nicer day, with the sun shining and less wind. We found the Louisville KY Temple
Went to lunch
And then some more sight-seeing
This is the old Louisville water tower and smoke stacks. The museum was closed, so we just took pictures.
Then we went to downtown Louisville and went to the Louisville Slugger Museum and Factory. That was a neat experience. We learned that the Major League baseball players and their teams order bats to the specifications of the players themselves. The bats are made from different woods, some are dyed different colors, some have the bats with their names carved into them, and everything is now done by computers, so as they change to the next player, it can be done with the touch of a button instead of having to spend hours to change the specs.
Saturday was warm enough to do some outdoor sight-seeing. We went to the Falls of the Ohio park where the Corp of Discovery trip to the Pacific Ocean began. There is a plaque and a statue to honor Lewis and Clark. The interpretive center is closed, so we just took pictures of the monuments and the river.
Next we traveled to the original Indiana State Capital at Corydon. The building is gone, and the museum was closed, but we went to the site of the Battle of Corydon.
During the Civil War, the Confederate Army crossed the Ohio River and attacked the regiment at Corydon. This park is a memorial to that battle, where 4 confederate soldiers were killed and 40 wounded, and 8 "Home Guard" soldiers were killed and 4 wounded. The citizens were captured and the soldiers stole their horses, but left their tired Kentucky mounts behind.
We then went back to my hotel room to rest for a while, then went to dinner with Cameron.
This morning I got up early, off to the airport, then home. This Pegasus is above the escalator at the Louisville Airport.
