Headed West Generally
Having revisited Greenville to see the Kitchenaid factory, we headed southwest toward Paducah to visit a spot we (Sue) neglected the first time there.
Twelve miles from Greenville we crossed into Indiana and then drove over the highest point in Indiana called Mt. Hoosier. A little more pronounced than Mt. Sunflower in Kansas but not much. From there we drove farm and county roads to south central Indiana and camped. Next day south on a very rural road to go through French Lick.
Pretty rural – fun!
Basketball fans will recognize that name as the home town of Larry Bird. Nice medium sized town with two BIG resorts. VERY big buildings on extensive grounds.
Rest of town looked pretty normal.
On to larger roads and then south and west to Paducah.
Last time we were here we went to the International Quilt Museum but overlooked visiting a particular quilt fabric store that is almost legendary among serious quilters. The store does a huge online business. Look up fabric samples online and order and they send it to you. Store is huge. Five or six football fields next to each other huge. Filled with fabric. Lots of workers wandering aisles with order forms pulling bolts of fabric to cut from to fill orders but also lots of customers browsing. There are several waiting areas for husbands to pass the time while wives do their thing. We got out with only three pieces of fabric. Another travel bucket list item done.
Today we drove west. At one point we crossed two major rivers and were in three different states in less than five minutes. Then west through southeast Missouri. Farm land (mostly cotton) giving way to rolling Ozark Mountains. Very pretty but all green. No color at all. People say it is coming though.
Ohio River just before it meets the Mississippi River
Great road. Mostly expressway with some interchanges. Goes all the way across southern Missouri.
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