Casey volunteered to work all day at the Deafestival in Louisville. Since she didn't want to do the 4 hours round trip alone, Shea and I went with her and roamed about Louisville visiting 4 museums and Cherokee Park. First we went to the Louisville Slugger Museum and Factory Yes we actually got to see them making baseball bats. They make over 60% of all the bats for the major leagues and at least one player on each team uses a Louisville Slugger. Then we headed over to the Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft were they had a special exhibit - 50 years of studio glass which I thought Shea would enjoy (and he did) since he had just been in Murano, Italy. Next we went to the 21c Museum Hotel, a hotel with a museum built in to the lobby, restaurant, bar, bathrooms and a dedicated area as well. After eating lunch at the Cheesecake Factory (Louisville and Cincinnati have the closest ones to us) we went to the Speed Art Museum at the University of Louisville. Each was interesting in it's own way. At 5 PM with all the museums closed for the day and Casey still busy, we drove to Cherokee Park. Since it was still around 104, we mostly drove around the scenic loop of the park and hope to explore it more on another day. Casey called to let us know she was ready to go and after a quick stop again at the Cheesecake Factory to bring home some - yes cheesecake, we headed back to Richmond.
That is a very small looking Shea at the bottom of the world's largest bat.
Shea in a parabolic mirror outside the Louisville Science Museum. We gave that one a pass but it looked like fun for little kids
A large glass top at the Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft.
Shea checking out another piece of studio glass art
They also had a pool inspired exhibit upstairs. You should recognize the pool floaties.
At the 21c Museum Hotel this was an interesting piece of art. Hard to describe, but as you stood looking at it you became a part of the art as the letters floating down settled on you and formed words. Some are very light colored but Shea's arm says "each part of my" The words keep changing as you stand there.
A tornado. This was the dedicated space specifically for their changing art shows.
At the Speed Art Museum. The horses are originally made of drift wood and then cast in bronze.
I like the egg painting
This is one copy of the iconic LOVE statue designed by Robert Indiana in 1964 for a Christmas card.
Shea doing jumping jacks - as usual the kids section was the most fun!
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