MM Sticker Found Under A Bus In Switzerland

[Ryan T]

Well her fears came true, we got an email at 6:45pm tonight telling us our conference was cancelled because the Mississippi flooded and knocked out power and sewer to our hotel. But, we had already made the drive to Louisville, so we decided to enjoy the rest of our day/night here since we had a room.

We did the Louisville Slugger tour, which was awesome. There is so much more that goes into making bats, especially for professional players, than I ever thought. Left with a souvenir mini-bat too. We had tickets to the 2:40pm Evan Williams tour but we got done early at the Slugger tour so they let us in on the 2:20pm one. There was only 7 of us and a guy with a Western Michigan shirt on started talking to me about the JMU shirt I had one and we hit it off. Once we started the tour it was clear that he and I were the only real drinkers in the group, so the guide sorta catered it towards us a little and didn’t care that we drank the samples poured for our wives. The tour was ok, very informative, but not much actual viewing of how it is made, unlike the Slugger tour. Exchanged numbers with my new Michigan friend fully expecting to never see him again and checked into the hotel. He messages us and says he’s at a nearby bar if we wanted to join. It was literally right next door to our hotel, so we went. Spent the next 3-4 hours bar/restaurant hopping with him and our wives and had an absolute blast. His wife is a social worker and he’s retired Air Force and has a Harley, which both are awesome to me.

I guess we are out for St. Louis and since refunds aren’t available I guess I’m just eating the $70 I paid for Cardinals tickets. I should still get 2 days Perdiem and the parking charge at the hotel, hopefully, but, even if they don’t give me anything, it was worth the trip. I’d come back to Louisville. Pretty much everyone we talked to was super nice and helpful. Our hotel was kinda in the “hipster” district of Louisville, which isn’t exactly my speed, but you can be guaranteed it’s clean and safe. One guy sorta was creeping up on us once in the middle of downtown (not where our hotel is) and I made eye contact with him, let him know I saw him, and he backed off and went on. Other than that, great trip.

We are debating taking a few more days (wife has already put in leave and my office isn't’ expecting me anyways), and exploring some more of this area. Haven’t made up our minds yet.