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so after we got searched for drugs by the nicest cops ever - seriously, if we were in downtown portland we would have been cuffed and thrown in cars while they rummaged through our stuff. these guys were laughing and telling us about neat things to see around the state even while they still thought we had drugs and the K9 unit was going through our stuff.

one of the places they told us about was the Jack Daniels distillery! we took their free tour and learned about making tennessee "wwwhhisky". at the end of the tour we each got a glass of rather good lemonade. interesting fact: the county that ALL of Jack Daniels is distilled in is dry. they cant even serve their product under their own roof!

this is us with Jack in front of the cave spring that has been their water source since the start.


we also saw the grand ole opry house.


last night we spent in a rest stop just inside the kentucky border. the night started out kinda windy but dry so austin and i were just going to sleep under some tables. eventually it started to sprinkle and we kept hoping it would stop. once it became clear that it wasnt we bailed and ran for the car with all our stuff. it got crazy rainy with lightning and thunder to boot! sleeping in the car is no fun. it gets all humid even with the windows cracked and with 3 people in there its really not comfortable.

in the morning we packed up and headed toward mamoth caves. sadly our national park pass does not work there and so we were only able to see the free bits of the cave we found around the park.



we headed on and found a Lincolin statue.

at 4:23 we found a museum that closed at 4:00 but while walking back to our car we met these two guys who had seen our sign in the back window. we chatted with them for a bit and they told us about a saturday market type thing going on just down the street. we went and checked that out. there was some good art and some ... yeah stuff like paint splattered on random things.

anyway after that we saw churchhill downs (the kentucky derby, horse racing) and i had my "EVENT STAFF" shirt on so i just walked with this group of middle aged ladys who all had official looking badges. i gave my self a mini tour and then decided id better not push my luck and headed back out.



we saw the largest baseball bat outside the louisville slugger bat factory and then headed to Tomas's friend's house.

they have taken us in and been sooo good to us! we had an exelent home cooked meal and a shower! its the first real shower ive had since Ohio state University, something like a week and a half ago. i showered in a sprinkler that i found between now and then but it wasnt a real shower you know?