Wait, what?!? Louisville is not a state, you’re saying! This was a huge very planned side trip, and here’s the story.

Larry is a huge Elton John fan, and he was playing in Louisville on April 16th, 2022, rescheduled from a 2020 date. I am always up for an Elton John concert as well. Carly and Sam were supposed to be in Louisville for Carly’s yearlong residency. So we thought hey, let’s visit them and go to the concert with them! Only problem was the timing. On our travel spreadsheet, we weren’t going to be in Kentucky for another couple of weeks. Then Carly’s job changed to a remote role. But this is an Elton John concert… and a chance to go with Carly and Sam whom we wouldn’t have seen for over 3 months. So we made it work.

We left the car at the LaGuardia airport and flew to Louisville for the weekend. Carly and Sam wanted to go on a little vacation to Nashville and Louisville, places they had always wanted to explore. Planning it to coincide with Elton and us was easy to do.

We had a great weekend going on tours of the Louisville Slugger bat factory and Churchill Downs. We also did a Bourbon tour and tasting. And of course the Elton John concert. Busy but very fun day!

So this side trip doesn’t count as an official state visit for the blog since the MINI wasn’t there. But don’t worry, like I said, Kentucky is on the spreadsheet. We will go back with the car! But I also wanted to document what we did this weekend.