Catch Up

After Lawrence, we drove up through Missouri, through Council Bluffs, IA and over the water to Omaha, Nebraska.



The trend continued. We ate BBQ (don't want to give away too much before the Top BBQ of Tour Post, but it was freakin' incredible), walked to somewhere which was closed...



... drank in an Irish bar (this time with a real Irish bartender who gave us free booze) and then ate again. Steak, because we we're in Nebraska. Lots of fun, and a nice city to boot.





Next up, back into Iowa for a long, dull, corn-filled drive to Illinois, and eventually, Chicago!

We arrived early evening, so headed straight to Wrigleyville to see where Mike's Cubbies play ball, then found a bar with $2 burger and fries and $2 domestics. Victory was ours once again.



Up nice and early next morning to see our lovely motel in the daylight...



Then straight into the city for real.















After a reallllly long strolling around (thankfully it didn't get too hot) we returned to Wrigleyville, this time for slightly more expensive beer, and dollar Chicago style hot dogs.

Ok! From Chicago... Into Indiana, to South Bend, home of the University of Notre Dame, and the Fighting Irish. Also home to a really awesome trophy room.



Then onto Kentucky, and Louisville!



First stop is an obvious one. Cave Hill Cemetery.



Probably the only cemetery in the world where there is a yellow line on the road leading people from the gate to one single grave amongst thousands. God Bless America, and God Bless The Colonel.

Then we drove around, admiring things. Like the Ohio River...



The incredible Louisville Slugger museum type place...



And ate. An Arbys (B-) and more BBQ (A+)

While waiting on our BBQ, we drank some dollar Pabst, and Neil nipped across the road for a haircut.



Apparently the entire exchange ended with said barber asking Neil if he was "from another country?" Kentucky people have seemed extra strange about us not being local.

Louisville was fantastic though.



And it will forever hold a special place in our hearts, as driving down Bardstown Road late that night, we hit the 10,000 mile mark on our trip. We're very proud of ourselves, and very proud of our lovely Caroline.



Today was a driving day, not much more.





Tonight we're in a fairly spacious Econolodge in the Lovely Morgantown. We arrived late so haven't seen much of it, but we're appreciating windy roads and a lack of grids. We also appreciated some Wendys. Tonight, we're gonna enjoy some Kimmel, some Conan, some Letterman, some Craig Ferguson, and we're definitely not going to enjoy any Jimmy Fallon. Someone needs to shoot Jimmy Fallon.

Tomorrow... some old fashioned southern hospitality courtesy of some of Steve's relatives, and Washington DC. We're gonna take serious advantage of the Smithsonian's generosity.

Later kids.