Kentucky

Made it to Kentucky on September 27.  Chose the city of Elizabethtown because of the movie with the same title filmed there; there isn't anything there about the movie, but there's a lot of Abraham Lincoln history there and in the surrounding areas.  

Lincoln runs this joint

I made a few stops in Elizabethtown: Summit One-Room Schoolhouse, Lincoln Heritage House, and Sarah Bush Johnston Lincoln Memorial Cabin.

Summit One-Room Schoolhouse

Sarah Bush Johnston Lincoln Memorial Cabin

I traveled to the surrounding areas to view all the Lincoln homes.  Abraham Lincolns Birthplace located in Hodgenville; the home is located in a monument on a National Park.  There are 56 steps (one for each year of Lincoln's life) leading up to the entrance.

Lincoln's Birthplace

Monument housing Lincoln's Birthplace

I also stopped at Lincoln's childhood home at Knob Creek Place in Hodgenville.  Lincoln lived in Kentucky with his family until he was seven, they then moved to Illinois.  There were two reasons for the move; a land dispute between Lincoln's father and the man he bought the land from and the families opposition to slavery.

Lincoln's Boyhood Home

I also made it to the Louisville Slugger Museum.  I did the tour through the factory, which was amazing.  At the beginning of the tour they have a man making bats the "old fashion way" all by hand.  They also now have a machine that sculpts a bat in 30 seconds, its crazy how fast the bat is sculpted.  We also got to see how they engrave the bat and stain the bat.  And at the end of the tour we got a free mini bat.  Totally worth paying to park.

Louisville, KY