From Charleston to Louisville

Wow! Still can't keep up.  So we spent maybe two hours in Charleston.  Pulled off the interstate right into the center of the business district.  Small area, several charming (from the outside) spots.  There was a children's art fair in one of the streets, but I feel like the area would be otherwise pretty dull.  The surrounding streets were reminiscent of parts of the city at home.. the homeless, depressed parts.  Signs for a scenic highway (US-60) led us along a mile or two of a riverfront area, which was nice, followed by miles of poverty stricken areas abundant in gentlemen's clubs.  Originally we had planned to end here for the day, but we shortly after were back on the interstate towards Louisville.

Louisville was fantastic!  An unexpected surprise for sure.  The city is beautiful, but was somewhat lifeless except for at food establishments.  Most of which had large outdoor areas.  We passed many unique cafes, bbq pits, pubs and the like, all of which had large numbers enjoying their food and drink outside.

Seen above is Louisville slugger field, which I am not sure but seemed to be for little league.

The Louisville slugger factory! That bat was enormous, and could be seen blocks away.  That night it stormed pretty hard, so we didn't get to do much outdoors, but I did manage to get a few decent pictures of it.

Our short car tour of the area finished with dinner at an irish restaurant, also surprisingly fantastic.  At this point the day was complete, and we retired.

Sunday, June 30th.

Woke up early to get breakfast with some friends, whom had conveniently been staying in Louisville this weekend.  See: Wild Eggs, which scored an awesome 4 and a half stars on Yelp.

Toured the Louisville slugger factory right after breakfast and as of 12PM, we are on the road again.  Next stop St. Louis.