Rob's Last Day in Kentucky

After seeing some of the Louisville sights, we headed north up through the "chimney" of Kentucky. We had to make a stop at Big Bone Lick State Park because of its crazy name. Apparently they found a lot of fossils here. We were looking forward to seeing some bison; we walked on the path in the heat and humidity to the bison viewing area, but unfortunately all we saw was grass and mosquitoes.

Cincinnati is directly across the Ohio River from Kentucky, so we were able to take in a Reds game on our way back east. Below is a shot of the field at Great American Ball Park.

Several nuns attended the game as well.

Since the Reds play in the National League, I'm not too familiar with a lot of the players. However, I recognized their pitcher, Bronson Arroyo, from his Red Sox days. Now that he plays for the Reds, I was happy for him as he pitched a complete game shutout.

It was a good game for the Reds. They beat the Nationals 7-0, helped in part by Jonny Gomes' 3 home runs.

There were a lot of baseball-related things on this trip: two baseball games (Pittsburgh Pirates vs. St. Louis Cardinals / Cincinnati Reds vs. Washington Nationals) and a tour of the Louisville Slugger factory. Yes, it's true that we saw 3 of the worst teams in baseball... but it was fun taking in new stadiums and seeing live major league baseball. So until the prices at the new Yankee Stadium come down from the stratosphere, maybe it could be fun to see some of the smaller stadiums for some of the smaller-market teams.