On the road all day so not much to report. Speaking of roads we were on the Jim Nabors Highway (remember him?) and the Rockabilly Highway. And, about those peanut plants? Well, I looked it up because we saw even more fields, and even larger fields up through Tennessee. It's cotton! My clue was the sign we saw for a cotton museum. TeeHee on us, but they did look like white flowers. Wonder why it isn't being picked? Unless there is a white flower before the cotton?? More to look up but now I vaguely remember that from the Cotton Exchange in Memphis!
The other thing is that we often forget what an agricultural country this still is. The way things are farmed is different, bigger, but so much of the land is crops with big, beautiful mansions up on hills.
Also, at every little crossroad, every little town there is at least one church. From one room storefronts to huge, huge churchs. So, also still a very church-going country. And, we were also struck by the many bill boards with Bible references against abortion, homosexuals, and warning us about hell and some other things I didn't even understand. Plan to make Dubuque tomorrow. Taking our time and enjoyed getting off the interstate. Maybe another trip to hit the things we missed. We passed up the Jesse Owens Museum and Helen Keller's home along the way.
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