#171. Road Trip with Jon

I added a few more things I want to accomplish in the next 50 years and one of them was to take a road trip. We just happened to have a week off of work so we packed up the car and headed south!

First Stop: Louisville, KY

We checked out the Louisville Slugger museum. It was an awesome tour. The only complaint was that we couldn't take pictures while in the factory. I was neat to see real bats being made for players in the MLB. At the end of the tour everyone got cute little Louisville Sluggers!!

The big bat in front of the museum

Me in the batting cage (I only hit one ball)

Second Stop: Nashville, TN

After Louisville, we drove down to Nashville to see the Country Music Hall of Fame. I already posted about that, so I will just put up a few pics from downtown...

Third & Fourth Stop: Chattanooga, TN & Atlanta, GA:

Sorry guys, we didn't get a ton of pics at these two stops. The Chattanooga Choo-Choo was closed by the time we got there :( So we just kept driving and went down to Atlanta to the Varsity. I LOVE this place! The food was amazing and I loved the staff yelling "Whaddya have?!"

But we did go to Ruby Falls in Chattanooga. It was so beautiful!!

Fifth Stop: Charlotte, NC

I am such a nascar/racing fan. My dad raced before I was born and kept it up until my younger brother was a year old. I loved watching my dad work on his racecar and my grandma would take me out to the track to watch him race!

Anyway, we got tickets to the Grand Opening of the Nascar Hall of Fame! We saw Richard Petty, Jeff Hammond, Bobby Labonte and a ton of other drivers! It truly was a once in a lifetime experience and it was amazing! I can't even describe it, so I will just post pictures :)

Me and Jeff Hammond!!!

Sixth & Seventh Stops: Football and Rock & Roll Hall of Fames

These were our last 2 stops on the trip. We had a blast at both, but again, my only complaint was that we could not bring cameras into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Boo.

But we just happend to bump into Former NYC Mayor Juliani while at the football HOF (who would have guessed!)