We left Carter's Lake in the morning because a) Georgia is fun but it's no Pacific Northwest, and that's where I want to be. And b) because the sound those enormous Cicada's made at night could be measured in decibels... lots of decibels.
It was almost impossible to sleep. And I'm pretty sure there was a cougar stalking our campsite. We didn't want to spend another night and find out. Instead we decided to see lots of country today.
First... Nashville, TN is a shithole... I'm just sayin'.
I'm pretty sure they still have segregated restrooms there. Also, black people and white people did not appear too happy to see each other in "their" respective parts of town.
We definitely got off at the wrong exit here. We aborted our attempted lunch stop and didn't wait around to take any pictures.
Blech... that's one city I can cross off my list of places to visit. But the rest of the drive was inspiring. America's Heartland is very pretty.
We stopped in Paducah, KS for a late lunch a few hours later.
Nice little town that looks a little like it never left the 1950's. God knows what you would do there on the weekends though.
Although, parts of it seemed to be undergoing some sort of a gentrified artistic revival. This particular abode was on sale for the low low price of $690,000... I have no idea whether or not that included the Giraffe.
Apparently Paducah has a problem with flooding during the rainy season too. This wall, plus the height of the embankment it sits on top of, towers close to 60ft over the rivers edge and the town STILL gets flooded every couple of years.
Why not just move to a place that just didn't have massive floods. While you were at it you could make it a place that also had things to do.
Anyway, lunch was good and our walk around Paducah was educational and much needed.
OK, moving right along then. Oooh look, a pretty arch...
We camped out in St. Louis for the night and got an early start the next morning. Oh, and by camped out I mean we pulled into the first hotel we laid eyes on. Neither of us wanted to put our tents up in the dark after 12 hours in the car.
Stay tuned for more action packed days in the car. I promise we do actually get on our bikes at some point.
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