Louisville and Nashville

Today we left Indianapolis around 9:00am. After getting stoped by a policeman in Indiana we made our way to Louisville to visit with my cousin.

OK, the speed limit was 70. Then all of a sudden it changed to 55. The policeman got me going 70 on radar. What an A%&hole. Since (S) does not have generally good experiences with policemen I told her that the officer knew we weren't sure where we were going and he was in his car writing down the directions for us........those directions are going to cost $142. Anyway....

We went to the Louisville Slugger factory and went on the tour, then went to lunch at a great restaurant at the hotel C21 and had a very nice visit with my cousin. After that it was on the road to Nashville. We checked into the hotel and then went downtown. We have pictures of (S) with 4 different Elvis' and a couple fo guitars. We had dinner at the Hard Rock Cafe and then stopped for Ice Cream.

Right now (S) is fast asleep and we are relaxing. Tomorrow morning a little more time in Nashville and then off to Birmingham to see my son (B) for a few days. (S) adores him so she is looking forward to Bama.

Trips make for lots of blogging material, but for now, this is more about (S) and she is having a good time. It is very difficult on her though. To keep a 3 year old pent up in a car seat for 3 or 4 hours and then expecting her to be mellow is asking way to much. She gets out of that car and is ready to motivate. We brought her stroller and she pushed it all over Nashville. No wonder she is asleep.

Indianapolis

Well, we found our way to indianpolis this morning in about 4.5 hours from Cleveland. (S) was good for the first half of the trip and then she slept the second half. When we finally got to the hotel with the indoor water park, she was really psyched.

We spent almost 5 hours there and the only time she was out of the water was during the times they made everyone get out for a few minutes. (I think they do that to check for bodies, but I am not sure)

She was in the water so much, her wrinkes had wrinkles. It took a bribe to get her to get out, but we were getting hungry and it was 6:30. We went to a Cracker Barrel near the hotel and then came back to get settled in for the night. It took all of about 5 minutes for her to conk out.

She is really becoming pretty independant. It is nice to see her wanting to do so much for herself. She is certainly not the shy little girl who was so unsure of herself when she came to us over a year ago. She is having fun and doing great and we are all having a blast.

Tomorrow we will be visiting Louisville and then spending the night in Nashville. This is a good trip. I am so glad we are doing it!