August2014 Road Trip: Days 21 & 22 -Tell City IN & Louisville KY

It cooled to 68 when we woke so After breakfast we walked a trail that ran along the Ohio River. You can walk right up to the water in places.

Next we explored downtown Tell City.  I really liked it.  We walked the length of Main Street.

Tell City is named for William Tell & they have this huge monument in center of town in his honor.

I loved how they repurposed old buildings.

This old firehouse is now Firehouse Printing:

This old post office is now The Post restaurant :

This old bank is now a The Vault, a pub:

What a great little at&t office to work in if I wasn't retired lol:

Here's a Frostop still in business!

On the way to Louisville, we drove east along Ohio Scenic Byway Route 66.

Our first stop when we reached Louisville, the Louisville the Slugger Factory to take a photo with the Worlds Biggest Baseball Bat.

Babe Ruth memorial

We stopped at the Frazier History Museum to see Custer's revolver.

We checked into our FREE hotel later in the day.  We are spending two nights at the Country Inn & Suites-South Louisville.  I'm not really impressed with the pool but otherwise it's fine, especially for the price!

The next morning we went hiking after breakfast in Jefferson Memorial Forest.

The trail was listed as moderate but I would consider it an Easy trail, there was a mud puddle here & there otherwise it was a well cleared trail.

 It's free to the public and we saw long tailed deer right away.

Racing season has not opened yet so we did a tour of Churchill.

Paddock area

 Watched the horses workout and toured the grounds, very neat.

Twinspired, ran in the 2011 Kentucky Derby
he is so majestic!

 We stopped inside the Churchill Museum so Hubby could get in touch with his inner kid.

 I loved all the hats!

Restaurants we tried in Louisville were:

Havana Rumba, Cuban cuisine.

The guacamole was yummy & served with plantain chips.

This one was recommended by a friend & was wonderful.    We shared a house special called Parrilla Habanera, it was steak, 1/2 chicken, sausage, 2 black bean soups, fried corn & plantains.  We had enough leftover for lunch the next day. $30

Mark's Feed Store, BBQ, it was really good.  The unusual item on my plate was fried corn on the cob.  I have got to admit that I have really had my fill of restaurant foodby now & would love some home cooking.  It's all been really wonderful but......too much of a good thing I guess !