Everthing was not Terre Haute

Let's talk about the good things.

1. Winchester VA, a terrific place to spend a few days.

2. The drive generally through the Shenandoah.

3. Roanoke and particularly the new museum, and the bagel place where I had breakfast.

4. The tour of Nashville, including the downtown tourist area and the Parthenon.

5. Blue Fish, an extraordinary restaurant in Memphis

6. The exhibit in the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis that goes through not only the night of the murder of Martin Luther King, but the entire investigation and trial, and looming questions.

7. Seeing my Memphis cousins and meeting my two new cousins (both by marriage) and liking them.

8. The Flying Fish Restaurant in Little Rock (funky and good) for lunch

9. Visiting aunt and cousins in Hot Springs, and looking at the bathhouse which is open as a Park Service Museum.

10. Route 7 heading north from Hot Springs

11. Seeing Branson (ok, maybe this wasn't good, but it wasn't bad, either)

12. Seeing family in St. Louis for a one-night stand

13. Going through Richmond, Indiana and St. Clairville Ohio

14. Looking at the possibilities of somewhat decrepit, but very appealing, Wheeling WV

15. Driving Highway 40 through Pennslvania until is crosses Interstate 68

16. Interstate 68, but also High German Road.

17. Getting home, not the worse for wear.