From Stella: We ate breakfast at the hotel and I had a yummy waffle. We got on the road. The drive today was also very pretty, but different from yesterday because it was more flat. There were more horses and barns than yesterday. We stopped a couple times to get out and stretch, eat lunch and walk Maggie. For lunch we went to this really good BBQ place in Louisville, KY and I had the best beans. After lunch we went over the Ohio river several times before getting to Indiana. I had lots of time to take photos today. We just checked into the hotel. I am planning on doing some night swimming in the pool. I'll check in again tomorrow! Here is a photo I took of one of the bridge crossings today.
From Stacey: Traveling with the animals in the car is actually easier than having the animals in the hotel room. There were too many places for kitty kitty to hide in the hotel yesterday, so we kept her in the bathroom. All night long I heard meow and then a violent door shake. Poor kitty. The cat and the dog are actually friendly. So Maggie (the dog) kept licking my elbow to get me to help the other fur baby. My dad finally put the dog in the bathroom too, which worked for a couple hours until Maggie started barking. I was tired this morning.
We left around 7:45 from Charleston, WV. We were only about 30 or 40 miles from the Kentucky border. We made our way through the rolling hills of Kentucky, which was really green and pretty. I am not used to this much green! We drove through Lexington, past Frankfort (the Capital, but we couldn't see the capital dome from the highway) and into Louisville. We ate at this place called Feast BBQ. They have 2 locations, I may have to suggest they add a 3rd location to a lazy little beach town in Southern California! Stella and I shared a shredded brisket sandwich and baked beans. Nom nom!
We got back on the road. I was convinced that Ohio was just north of Louisville. I was wrong. So after a failed attempt to go to north to Ohio, we perhaps wasted some time going over multiple bridges. It's ok, it made for some great photo ops.
We made it intentionally into Indiana for the 2nd time, because of the Ohio mishap, and drove and drove. We are starting to get very midwest out here. There is a lot of corn and I think it's soybean here. I'll start boring you with fields of corn (not fields of gold, Carlos) in a couple days.
We got into the hotel around 1:30 local time. We are staying at La Quinta chains, because they are all both dog and cat friendly. This location has many many fewer places for Jojo to hide. I don't mind a hiding cat, I mind not being able to get the cat when it's time to go. So at least Jojo is able to hang in the room with us. Hopefully, tonight will result in a much more peaceful night of sleep (ps. animals not allowed on beds here, but I didn't know until my dad told me after I took this photo)
Also, there is a flash flood advisory and some pretty sketchy weather headed our way, so I may actually some real drama to report tomorrow!
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