TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

It's a hot start to the day in Champaign Illinois. Mark cooked eggs with chili this morning, so we are later than usual leaving. Apparently, Sue and Wayne got on the road at 7:30 AM. They spent the night in Madison Wisconsin. 

Mark and I crossed into the "Hoosier" State, Indiana at 9:15. There's plenty of corn growing, maybe a 2nd crop?  

 

There are many theories on the coining of the nickname, "The Hoosier State".  

At 12:25 we crossed into Ohio, known as the "Buckeye State".  This nickname is easy to understand. The buckeye tree is Ohio's state tree; and their state bird is the Cardinal. 

The road conditions are good in hilly terrain with pretty scenery. 

Really??? Hahaha. 

Prehistoric mammals were caught in a gooey mire!  

The Pleistocene megafauna fossils were discovered in 1807. Mammoths were drawn to the area for a salt lick around sulphur springs. It is one of the "Lewis and Clark heritage sites".

The Kentucky Horse Park is huge!  Miles of white fencing!  

Mark and I have settled into Corbin KOA, Kentucky, a nice RV park.  Tomorrow we will continue our trip to Asheville North Carolina. 

Sue and Wayne are at Duck Creek RV in Paducah Kentucky. Tomorrow they will continue their trip to Nashville Tennessee.