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Louisville, KY; Evansville, IN; & Kenny Chesney!! August 6-8, 2011 This originally started out as a trip to see Kenny Chesney in Evansville, IN because he added a last minute show and then it proceeded to include a stop in Louisville, KY because we were already driving through. In Louisville the main thing John wanted to do was check out the Louisville Slugger Museum because he is a huge baseball fan. The museum for me was just so-so. I do not really care for baseball so it was kinda boring. John was in heaven and loved every minute. I thought the museum was too small and the tour was too short for the price of the museum. It was definitely a cool experience and I think if we had children it would have been more enjoyable. After the museum we went to find our hotel, which was about 10 minutes or so from downtown Louisville. We stayed at the Hyatt Place Louisville East . The hotel was so nice and mode...

St. Maarten/St. Martin March 12, 2011 Our last port was St. Maarten. It was a sad day because we did not want our trip to end but we were really excited about this island. Our excursion was a beach day to St. Martin! Both islands are gorgeous and the bus ride to Orient Beach gave us some great views. It also allowed us to learn about both islands.  Once we were to Orient Beach we were shown to a section of beach chairs in front of a restaurant that were ours for the day. We were then left to our own desire for about three or four hours to do whatever. We ended up playing in the water a lot because the ocean was so calm. We also walked the beach, which featured other resorts and some private condo's. The excursion featured a free lunch, which I cannot remember the type of food at all but it was good from what I remembered.  The views were spectacular and it was a great end to one of our dream vacations. On the way back your were able to see more of both islands. They...