When I think of Illinois, I think of...oil?

Today was a rather interesting day. We left Knoxville with the intention of driving 2 hours to Nashville and staying the night. Before we had finished breakfast, this plan had changed- leaving us staying in Palucah, KY- home of the fabulous quilting museum. So, we began our trek to Nashville to get in touch with our nonexistent country music sides. Kevin was really looking forward to seeing the full scale model of the Parthenon that was built for the World's Fair. Unfortunately, it was closed. We walked around and took some pictures of the outside but it just wasn't the same. After a very short discussion....very short....we decided to just go ahead and drive the other 5 hours to St. Louis which is more our kind of town.

Along the way we passed many a corn field. Halfway through Illinois we also saw several small oil derricks. Here we are in the middle of an oil crisis and Illinois is pumping the black gold? Go Figure. We made it to St. Louis in time to catch most of the Cardinals games. We then tried to go to a place called Bailey's Chocolate Bar but since it was late and it was more than a mile away from any metro stop we decided against it. Tomorrow we will most likely head to all the touristy thing in St. Louis and then to another Cardinals game. I have a job interview at 3:45 so that should be interesting how it plays into our day. Hopefully, I am at least feeling better. (And hopefully this stomach thing is retaliation for eating a Hardee's burger earlier in the day.)

I have posted the pictures from Charleston and Tennessee. Enjoy! And leave comments so Dr. HokieKev and I know who is reading!!!


PS- I forgot to mention the Fried Green Tomatoes from Knoxville. They were pretty good- surprisingly!

States visited: Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Illinois, Missouri
Work Zones traveled through: 15
Cheapest gas seen: $3.81 in Georgia
Baseball Games attended: 1
Next Stop: Staying in St. Louis