Churchill Downs

 We began our day before daylight today on the Barn snd Track Tour at Churchill Downs.  What a great way to start your day!

We were trackside for their morning workouts and it was amazing!  What beautiful and amazing creatures!

I got to feed one of the track horses (they don’t race, they are used around the track).  His name is Waffles and he’s a sweetheart.

We finished up touring the Kentucky Derby Museum- a great start to the day!

2020 Winner of the Derby

The starting gate used only for the Kentucky Derby.

Kentucky and the Louisville Slugger Museum

 We had a short drive today and arrived in Louisville in time to check out the Louisville Slugger Museum.  It was pretty cool and we enjoyed it.

Hank Aaron’s bat

Jeff with Babe Ruth

Legos

Waiting to be made into bats

Babe Ruth’s bat

Ryan Zimmerman’s bat

 The Golden Glove award

Nebraska and Missouri

 This post is for yesterday and today.  Yesterday was our longest drive from Colorado Springs to Lincoln, NE.

Nebraska has lots of corn!

We stopped at the Great Platte River Arch - a museum about westward expansion.  It was a really cool museum!

A Pony Express station

Nebraska state capitol

Sunset in the mirror 

The museum is actually in this arch over I80

We spent the night at a fun B&B - Prairie Creek Inn - in Walton, NE.  The house was built in 1910.  They have the house, cottage, lodge, and barn which is used for weddings.  It has amazing history.

Today we headed to St. Louis, MO.  On the way we stopped at The National WWI Museum and Monument in Kansas City

Kansas City from the top of the monument 

We are staying is St. Louis tonight and this is our view from our hotel room!