Batter up, and they're off! Two sports Meccas in one day -- April 1st -- Day 20

This morning we loaded up the car and were soon back on I-65 and headed south to Louisville, Kentucky.  First stop after crossing the Ohio River, which we last saw in Pittsburgh (see entry for Day 15) was the Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory, where because it was opening day of the baseball season there was no admission fee.  We took a tour and learned how they turn out more than 1.8 million bats every year for every competitive level from Little League to the majors--very impressive.  From there we went to Churchill Downs, site of the annual Kentucky, Derby held the first Saturday of May every year since 1879.  We arrived late in the afternoon about 45 minutes before closing, but were able to take in a wonderful movie on a wraparound screen about the history of the race.  After the film Max took in the museum and I took a short walking tour that included a visit to (but not on) the track.  Of course we picked up a couple of souvenirs for the grandchildren (and others) at both locations.  Then we were off to Frankfort, where we had a lovely dinner at a restaurant Max found on Yelp.  There was a slight mix-up when the reservation we made through Open Table turned out to be for a restaurant by the same name in Delray Beach, Florida.  It was quite startling to have the restaurant call to confirm the reservation
while we were sitting having dinner--but once we got it
straightened out we all had a good laugh.  We left in time to take a photo of the state capitol building in the early evening light, and then headed to Lexington, the self described "Horse Capital of the World" to spend the night before seeing some of the famous Kentucky bluegrass horse country on Tuesday.