This morning I said goodbye to Evanston, then Chicago, and then Illinois, as I started the long drive south in the Mustang.
The next state was Indiana. I now can confirm that it takes a good deal longer to travel the length of this state on I-65 than it does to travel its width. With the exception of passing through Indianapolis, all I saw was farmland. It was flat and green.
Then I crossed the Ohio River into Kentucky. Until today, I did not realize that Louisville is such a crossroads. It is the intersection of I-65, I-64 and I-71 and has the traffic to prove it. Kentucky is much more scenic than Indiana. When I reached Bowling Green I discovered it is home to the National Corvette Museum.
Soon after Bowling Green I was into Tennessee. These sections of Kentucky and Tennessee are very pretty, with nice hills and curving roads. It is a fun place to drive a car.
It is less fun if you are driving an eighteen-wheeler truck and trying to control your speed as you head down a steep grade.
Twelve hours after leaving Evanston, I arrive in the Atlanta area. As I step out of the Mustang it is 11 o’clock at night in the Eastern time zone. The temperature is 80 degrees. Yes, I am back in the South.
