Mommy and Christopher to Kentucky

Christopher and I went to Kentucky to see a friend and to pick up a computer. We had a good time. It's lots of fun doing things one on one with the boys...

This is my work friend, Sandra. She is one of the loveliest people I know, probably one of the loveliest people on the planet! She has a talent for communication, both in languages and diplomacy, and she has the gift of being able to see the best in everyone without being blind to human faults.

Eugene Power was a pioneering entrepreneur who founded University Microfilms International, which eventually became ProQuest, the company for which I work. A couple years ago, the company did a comic book marketing gimmick, and Sandra rescued the cardboard cutout, which was destined for the recycling bin.

 Christopher was impressed with all the cool stuff Sandra had in her basement gym, including a trampoline and a total gym.

Here's a picture the first night. We made it to Richmond and he fell asleep in the car.

Here's an action shot from our second night, at the Galt House in Louisville. It was a really nice room, but they don't have enough elevators...

 

Here's a picture in front of the Convention Center on 4th street in Louisville. He's standing on a fountain that is shut down for the winter.

Here is the nativity in front of the Galt House. Christopher kept saying "It's Bay-Jee Bee-Sus" or something silly.

Here is Christopher over Market Street on the Skyway. That's Actors Theatre on the right!

Here is the huge line of cars for the Mega Cavern lights tour. Evidently there is a huge cave underneath Southeast Louisville. They have offices and a zip line type amusement park there. There were massive amounts of people in line for the drive-thru Christmas lights show, but it was very well organized. You drove up into a line of cars on a grid in a parking lot, and they released each line every 2 minutes or so. In the first clump there were 8 lines of 10-15 cars. Then we drove through an industrial park and in the second lot there were about 20 rows of 20-25 cars. Thankfully they had sets of port-a-potties at each parking lot. I think we were in line for about an hour. Thank goodness for the kindle!

On the way home we swung by Mammoth Cave National Park, one of those places I always meant to visit when we lived in Louisville... We did the Frozen Niagara tour, which was only 1/4 of a mile into the cave, but it lasted about an hour. That was probably 15-30 minutes too long for Christopher, but he was brave and stuck it out.