Louisville, Kentucky (TEA Day 2)

Marty

This morning I went running, then we left Lexington for the bourbon distillery.

Goodbye house!

 

We saw horses in Lexington! Yay!

 

Who knew there’d be a castle in Kentucky?

 

Here’s the bourbon distillery we went to. Woodford Reserve. We took a tour of the bourbon producing process. Apparently 95% of the bourbon in the entire world is produced within an 80-mile radius here in Kentucky.

 

Here’s one of the fermentation vats. In them, the yeast breaks down the grain, producing heat, carbon dioxide, and of course, alcohol.

I really liked the smell on the tour.

 

Here’s Eddie by the copper stills. They increase the alcohol content to 110 proof.

 

Barrel! Complete with date.

 

They had a barrel run from the room where it was barreled to the storages. The barrels will just roll down the run, and because of their shape they will never come off.

 

Here’s the aging room. The bourbon is stored here for 6-8 years until it has the perfect taste.

 

Bourbon wall!

After the distillery, we headed to Louisville.

Charlie

We went to downtown Louisville and we found this cool place that had some falling letters on a screen. We could hold them and I held the M on my head.

We also went to an ice cream shop, but it closed at 5:00. We were there at 4:00 though. I had vanilla bean ice cream, Mom had black raspberry, Marty had black cherry, Eddie had mint chocolate trip, and Tricia had vanilla bean, the same as me.

The river was fun, and it was interesting too. We saw a boat. It was a big steamboat.

Eddie

After we saw the big ferryboat, we crossed the Ohio River into Indiana.

Here I am standing on the (sadly littered) shore opposite to Louisville

I’m not the only one who’s sad because of the litter!

Guess what restaurant we went to? (it was Rocky’s)

Our hotel room was really nice. I like the swivel chair.