Ending Sentences with Ellipses …

KY2010.06 - June 8 & 9, 2010

Tuesday, June 8, 2010.  Getting an early start to depart from the Bluegrass State, as have an appointment in Nashville around 1:00pm and that’s five hours away …

Hey, Sean! We’re leaving! Is 8:00am too early in the morning for ya?

The Speedway on Versailles Road right before you get to the Bluegrass Parkway (as well as the one at the Richmond Road exit of I-75) has Ale8-1 on tap. How ridiculous is that? It’s also really watered down. How ridiculous is that? It just seems rather odd that the only Speedways to feature Ale8-1 on tap are ones that are on the edge of Lexington; I’ve never seen the drink featured in any Speedway IN town (although, granted, I haven’t been to all of them) …

Absolutely THE BEST photo that I have taken, to date, of the Dinosaur World sign, FROM A MOVING VEHICLE. Now I can stop trying.

Tennessee Welcome Center on I-65 South … CLOSED? Well, that is most certainly NOT a warm welcome. Screw you, Volunteer State!

Hey, kinda forgot about this time called a time zone, and we arrived in Nashville almost 45 minutes earlier than planned. Heh, whoops. Hey, look, it’s Peggy (who I haven’t seen in almost 20 years) and Abbi (who I have never met)!

Peggy took us to I Dream of Weenie, the coolest hot dog place that I have ever visited in Nashville.  Or anywhere else, for that matter.  I mean, how many hot dog places do you know that operate out of the back of a van?

(Photo by PLD)

Back on the road, to Starkville, Mississippi, via Jackson, Tennessee, taking US 45. It’s a peaceful drive, not as hectic as an interstate, but pretty long. Hey, it’s Casey Jones!

We make it to Starkville and the Comfort Inn Suites is booked solid. Fortunately, the Hampton Inn has one room left. And then our keys do not work. Apparently there’s some sort of educator conference in town. Whee. Dinner is with Dr. Donna Pierce at Harvey’s, the second time we’ve been there and we had the exact same thing (we’ve been to Starkville twice) because it’s just so damn good …

The following morning, Dr. Pierce introduces us to the Starkville Cafe, in scenic downtown Starkville. For a city that hosts an SEC school, their downtown is rather quaint and stoic, not at all like a Lexington or Baton Rouge. The Starkville Cafe continues to project that image, a roadside diner where the waitresses call you “‘hon” and your coffee cup is always full …

Out of Starkville, down to Jackson, west to Vicksburg and across the Mississippi …

… and into Louisiana. Found a geocache at the Welcome Center. And that was it.

Flickr set (with lots more photos and useless expository text)

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