Road trip 11

Pizza by the slice!

Chicago

Lexington, KY

Charleston, WbgV

Warm Springs, VA for cryin' out loud

Well, maybe the new Central Market location will inspire someone to open up a pizza joint on N. Mangum?

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Road trip 10

Heaven Hill distillery.



One of my favorite photos from the whole trip:
I'm rather partial to the 18 year old Elijah Craig, and Old Fitzgerald was on my sampling list in Lexington. It's kind of smoky, and reminded me of Laphroig scotch whiskey. The state ABC website is a mess, but i don't think it's available in NC.

Maker's Mark pics tomorrow.

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Milwaukee School of Engineering

The milwaukee School of Engineering was probably the busiest place we saw on our walking tour of downtown. The Grohmann Museum at the school boasts a collection of over 800 pieces depicting "Man at Work" over the centuries. This is my favorite. Make up your own title.

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Road trip 9

Why i don't live in Minneapolis:

Milwaukee is a city without irony. Click to embiggen

And i haven't figured out its historic preservation policies yet.



It's got a nice, if sporadic, River Walk.


And a Bronze Fonz.

And some other appealing traits.



They made a big mistake putting the ballpark a few miles out of downtown, though. The lakefront area, near the children's and art museums, would have been just perfect.

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Road trip 8

Humpback Bridge, Covington VA:











From the Wikipedia article:

Covered bridges were sometimes referred to as "kissing bridges" during the more modest era of the late 19th Century, as the privacy from passing through a covered bridge would allow passengers in horse and buggy an opportunity to kiss each other unobserved.

Graffiti dating back to 1966 was still visible inside the bridge. This was a lovely, and totally unexpected, find on the journey home.

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Road trip 7 - Beaver, WV

Sadly, the good people of Beaver, West Virginia seem to given up on embracing their inner beaver. We were unable to find a single Beaver souvenir in the entire town. Not a t-shirt, coffee cup, ball cap or shot glass to be had.

I'm thinking in the future the Beaver Queen Pageant might consider adopting this town.

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Little Beaver State Park, WV

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Road trip 6 - Target Field

I've been a Twins fan as long as i can remember. The only explanation i can think of is that my father must have taken me to a ballgame during those dead years when the National League abandoned New York (1958 - 1961), and the Twins were playing the hated Yankees, which would date it to 1961, the year the old Senators moved to Minnesota. So it's beena nearly 50 year dream of mine to catch a Twins home game.

Some sights from the new Target Field, Wednesday, May 12. Twins 3 - White Sox 2.

The Killer:

Some things are universal:

My favorite logo of all time:

Rodney:

Babe wins the cartoon race:

Mauer:

Nostalgia display:

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Road trippin'

Yadkin Valley
Asheville
Sylva
Gatlinburg
Knoxville
Nashville
Memphis
Hannibal
Cedar Rapids
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Stevens Point
Milwaukee
Chicago
Louisville
Bourbon County
Lexington
Beaver
New River Gorge
Warm Springs
Durham

Spent time in three new metropoli that i'd not visited before, and half a dozen smaller towns that were also new to me. Revisited some memorable places from younger days. Saw a bald eagle flying over my head with a pretty big fish in his claws on the banks of the Mississippi. Tasted sour mash at three different stages of fermentation. Photographed 3 generations of graffiti in a covered bridge. Watched a mama black bear and cub navigate the interstate highway system successfully. Soaked in a 250 year old hot spring. Listened to Patricia Barber at the Green Mill. Ate ribs on Beale Street. Stood in Huck Finn's house.

Good to be home.

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Road trip 5

Mpls!
Kramarczuk's - you never sausage a place.

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Road trip 4

Hannibal, MO:









Where Elvis got his style:


Revisiting:


Cedar Rapids, IA:

How could i not eat lunch at the Flying Wienie?


Especially when this beauty was in the parking lot. SLW - make an offer!

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