Day 22 - Four States

After the excruciating navigation to stay on Route 66, the trip from St. Louis to Louisville was a breeze. We put our friend Betsy's address on the car GPS and let it do the work. Several hours later we drove up her driveway. In the process, we were in four states: Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, and Kentucky. Record!!

We started our stay with Betsy by being the perfect horrible guests and asking to do our laundry. Gracious as always, she said pointed us to her brand new equipment. So, our first night was full of conversation, catch up, washing and drying, and a great southern meal. She filled her beautiful round dining room table with beans, brisket and cornbread, then a yummy Lemonade Pie for dessert. For the Hemstock family, just imagine ice cream pie, but lemony. Betsy has just renovated a lovely home in the Highlands district of Louisville. We are the inaugural visitors. By far it is the best hotel we have stayed in yet. We won't want to leave. Tomorrow we are on the trail of baseball bats and bourbon.

Mileage: 269

No new plates.

Guest book recommendation from the great Betsy Wilson. You gotta love her title: Dean Emerita, University of Washington Libraries. She is reading about her new home and books about Kentucky. Night Comes to the Cumberlands: A Biography of a Depressed Area by Harry M. Caudill explores history of the southern Appalachians from the Civil War to the rise of the coal barons to the economic despair of the 50s and 60s. 

Today's song is another guest recommendation from brother Bill. He is a keen fan of John Prine, as anyone knows who has had a song session with him. I asked him to recommend a John Prine song, as John was a Kentuckian. How Lucky. (That's what we think we are.)

John Prine - How Lucky (Colbert Report, 2013) - Bing video