Out relatively early from Mt Vernon Illinois.headed a bit north, then turned right towards Salem, Flora, Olney, Lawrenceville. This journey gave Nathalie a great opportunity to dry some clothing rinsed the night before... And Andrew took a photo of the said items on the dashboard...however when this blog was being written the said photos had been deleted....that is a lesson. These undies were removed when the Flora Sherriff's car was behind us.
A representation of the said item.
We then stopped for a bite of bratwurst cheese and dry biscuits (known in local parlance as crackers) at a place called Vincennnes. But before this we had the honour of listening to the local country radio station. The most memorable lyric noted was;
I'll take you for a tide Ride on my big green tractor
We can go slow we can go faster.
Now whether this was an allegory for something more sinister..I suppose we'll never know.
Vincennes is just over the Wabash river into Indiana, and a bloke who is real famous( who we hadn't heard of before today) put it up the British in this town, and basically began a process that was to bring on the war of independence. (I think). Anyway this town is particularly pretty, with the National Park on the banks of the Wabash and a huge monument dedicated to George Rogers Clark.
The bloke in question
The monument
Once again the National Park guide was garrulous, loquacious, and wanted to know if the Nullabor was really as big as it is alleged, and did people really live underground in Coober Pedy (we supplied the name of the town and White cliffs). This took another hour and a half, but was well worth picking up all this useful information about which we will have great use.
Further journey towards Kentucky, took us to a town in southern Indiana, called West Baden Springs, and its sister town French Lick...
This town hosts a hotel built in 1909 which is enormously ornate and noted as the Carlsbad of America. In the early days it was popular due to the alleged curative powers of the saline and mineral springs. Now it hosts a hotel and casino,where the cheapest room (tonight) was $200USD for the broom cupboard not currently being used by the janitor...so we didn't stay there.
The grounds.
The roadside.
As we travel, we have noticed that the billboards have become no less ultra conservative nor no less religions...today's theme was the 'Right to life', adoption and the evils of alternate views.
There was one place, by the very billboard Andrew wanted to visit...'Singing Hill, Holiness Camp' in Natchez Indiana ...
The roadside..if you are bleeding to death in Frankfort, and need to decide which ER you want to go to we found this roadside billboard would be very handy in the decision making process
You will only have to wait 22 minutes.
We travelled around Louisville (loooeeeville) and into the capital of Kentucky, Frankfort, where we stayed for the evening, and the night.
Buffalo Trace Distillery.
Can't go to Kentucky and not visit a Bourbon Distillery. It was the Buffallo Trace Distillery...apparently well known.
Fifty six gallons in each
White oak, Charred for thirty sixseconds 
Store house for one Barrel of bourbon- admittedly the 6 millionth barrell they've made.
Did you know. Bourbon (to be called bourbon)must be;
At least 51% corm
No additives
Stored in charred white oak barrels (one use only)
Made in the USA
Broke one car now.
The ford focus we got in San Francisco needs a clean so we changed it over for a new one in Lexington, at their international airport. Seriously, the air conditioner was bung. Rang Alamo yesterday and organised a like for like swap....they just didn't tell the folk at the airport. But except for an hour delay it was all sorted and we got a brand new Chrysler 200. Apparently 2/3 the size of a Chrysler 300 and twice as big as a Chrysler 100.
Goodbye Focus -3811 miles
Hello Chrysler 82 miles on the clock so far
And no key.....press button...
But....silliness reigns.....you are given two key fobs and a tag saying the average cost of key replacement is $225. But both keys are on a secured un openable cable....there is no logic. You loose one key you loose both...go figure, so we will try to get the cable cut tomorrow.
All the way to Ashland, in Ky. near on the border of Ohio and West Virginia. Then....?
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