Vacation - Day 3 and 4

On Tuesday, which was day three of our vacation, we started off with a road trip to Louisville, KY where we visited the zoo. The highlight of the zoo for me was the orangutan, who parked himself right against the window. You could make eye contact with him; I could have easily sat there for a half hour and watched him. The highlight of the zoo for the girls was the splash pad. Prior to our visit, I had seen on the map that they had a splash pad. I figured a change of outfit would have been sufficient. I didn’t realize that it was mini water park and that all the kids wore bathing suits. Whoops! Luckily we were able to buy a swimmy diaper for Mia so she could play too.

After the zoo, we headed downtown to go to the Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory. We figured the girls were too young to take a tour of the factory, so we just bought each of them a custom souvenir bat with their name engraved on it. While we waited for their bats, we had lunch and looked around downtown Louisville.

We were hoping the girls would nap on the way back to Nashville, but that didn’t happen. To break up the trip a bit, and to wait out a downpour, we stopped off at a Dairy Queen where Allison ate every last bit of her ice cream cone and wouldn’t let us leave until then.

On Wednesday, we wanted to stay close to town so we could relax and the girls could take a nap in the afternoon. We toured the Brown County State Park, which is also known as the “Little Smokies.” We started off at the playground and then took a nature walk, both being great opportunities for the girls to burn off some energy.

After naps, we headed to town for dinner and to look at some more shops. We then visited the Brown County Fair. My hope was for the girls to see some animals. After trekking all the way to the back of the fairgrounds, we found the one animal barn, however our long hike was well worth it. Amelia LOVED the goats, and by love, I mean cracking up non-stop laughing. She laughed the entire time we were in the barn, not just mild laughing but a deep belly laugh that continued the whole visit. I wish we had the video camera. After a quick visit with the animals, we headed back to the car. I think our trip to the fair lasted all of 15 minutes but the memories will last a lifetime. I think for Brian and I, seeing Amelia's reaction will be one of our most cherished moments of the trip.