Rainbow

Brett and I spent most of Friday afternoon at his grandma's house in Louisville.



We spent Friday evening at the Frazier International History Museum in downtown Louisville. with the company that Brett interned with this past semester, Monroe Shine. The party was an end of tax season celebration...

Thunder Over Louisville

Sunny and brisk weather conditions welcomed a crowd estimated at approximately 700,000 for the 21st annual Thunder Over Louisville - the Kentucky Derby Festival's Opening Ceremonies. Spectators lined both sides of the Ohio River as far as the eye could see.

Thunder Over Louisville - the Derby Festival's Opening Ceremonies - is one of the more than seventy events produced by the Derby Festival in the spring. Thunder alone contributes $31 million to both sides of the Ohio River. This involvement has made the Festival the largest single-attended event in Kentucky and one of the leading community celebrations in the world.

The fireworks were delayed about 15 minutes, due to a computer glitch. "The Command Center computers weren't syncing with the barges," said Michael Richards with Zambelli Internationale. "We had to reboot to make sure the firing sequence initiated." Once the computers were reset, the annual half-hour fireworks spectacular filled the sky.

Maci

Brett and I spent the afternoon with Maci. We took her downtown to the river. The airplanes were practicing for the airshow on Saturday...it was pretty loud.

Eastern Kentucky

Brett and I decided to explore Eastern Kentucky on Saturday. Here is the route we took...


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We started off in Jackson, KY...the kudzu was amazing. It was everywhere and covering everything! Apparently it can grow up to a foot per day in the summer months.



Here are some pictures of the gorgeous areas we saw on our drive...


These next pictures were taken in Kingdom Come State Park. The drive to get to the state park was one of the most vertical drives I've ever been on. :)


After the state park we headed up KY-160 towards Virgina to drive over Kentucky's highest point -- Black Mountain



After we drove up the mountain we went back down to the city of Benham and went through a coal mining museum.



Our last stop for the day was a drive through the Cumberland Gap Tunnel into Tennessee...




You can see more pictures from Saturday by clicking HERE!