Since we took a more easterly route this year, we decided to visit Louisville to see the Louisville Slugger Factory and Museum. This is where they make baseball bats for everyone from Walmart through Major League Baseball.
As you may remember, the boys are absolutely obsessed with baseball so this was right up our alley. There is a little movie (included with the tour), you can hold game-used bats from some of the famous players and you can bat at the batting cages ($1). You can even choose your bat based on the specs of historical and current players. James and Zack batted in the batting cages and then I had to go bat too. I was pleased that I actually hit the ball a few times and was not completely embarrassed! We all liked the Factory Tour where we got to see bats being made for various groups and for individual major leaguers. I am always interested in factories and even though it is a small operation, they turn out LOTS of bats! And everyone gets a free mini-bat at the end of the tour - an extremely exciting souvenir for the boys!
One really nice thing is that it is all indoors so it's a good thing to schedule in the heat of the day or do when it's pouring (as it was when we visited).
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