Day 2 - In which our trip almost ends prematurely

Woke up at Elkhorn campground in Frankfort, KY.  For an RV private campground, a nice spot.  In the bend of Elkhorn creek -- our campsite was right near the creek.  Mitch took his trip photographer responsibilities very seriously.

Leaving the campground was our first time packing up camp -- I think we're organized now in the car... for camping.

We unexpectedly wound up at a hotel at the end of Day 2 -- we are NOT organized for hotel camping.  Getting at clothes, toiletries, etc requires getting behind the tent/campkit/etc.

Tourista activities on day 2:

Buffalo Trace Distillery (thanks for the tip Jen Krill): bourbon cream liqueur -- mmmm.  Interesting factoid: different floors in the aging warehouse produce different flavor bourbons.  I knew different aging regions (as with scotch) produce different tasting whiskey -- but not different floors.  Apparently temperature variations play a big role.

Alas, the more I drink bourbon, the more I realize I'm a scotch whiskey man.

After the Distillery, we had lunch at Jim's Seafood.  Jim's is notable only for the fact that it is DIRECTLY on the Kentucky River overlooking a dam.  I will link to photos once they're uploaded.

Louisville Slugger Factory: an unplanned sidetrip that happened b/c of one of those little tourist flyers that campgrounds post.  Louisville is bigger than I expected -- with a pretty significant sidewalk culture (at least on Main).

The I think I might have enjoyed the factory more than Mitch.  Got to see actual bats made -- the factory and the museum are all of a whole.  The difference between a major league bat and other bats are two:  quality of wood (grain) and the template used for lathing.  For major league bats, the lathe is computer driven and is precise to the 1000th of an inch.  For other bats, there's 23 or 24 physical metal templates that the lathe follows.

Unexpected tribulations:

Making the side trip to Louisville Slugger would have put us into our intended campsite after dark and without electric.  Mitch made a fervent request to have certain boy wizard movies available for viewing, which required electric -- as did blog posting -- as did NBA playoff viewing.

All this is a longwinded way of saying that we wound up at a hotel (note: priceline.com works) where our trip almost came to an end just as it started.  Mitch came out of the shower, slipped and hurt his wrist ( the same one he broke earlier this year).  It looked like we were headed to the emergency room the next morning, but after sleeping on it the pain is almost completely gone. We'll keep a close eye on it.

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