Welcome to Kentucky!

Indeed, we've jumped the shark clean into Louisville, Kentucky, birthplace of Muhammad Ali, Hunter Thompson, and the world's largest supplier of baseball bats. Frankly, i couldn't feel more at home, and with a skyline like this, who doesn't want to sit back, put their boots up on something, and stay awhile?

Not to huff off old material, but seeing as i'm tired as an '83 Tercel, i'd like to mention that for anybody still keeping score, you might take note that Louisville, Kentucky is proud sister city to both Perm, Russia, and Jiujiang, China. A quick search for Perm offers up this gem from the top ten most-sought images:

It's a gift that keeps on giving, really. Louisville is simultaneously the largest producer of bourbon in the US, & consistently ranked in the top ten "safest cities" in America, a fact that i enjoy almost as much as the idea of knocking this gigantic baseball bat down:

The next time someone gets liberal access to a Chinook helicopter, please let me know, as i'll proceed to purchase a two hundred foot grain elevator somewhere in rural Iowa, and find a place to hide this giant bat. I figure, if i bury the entire thing in the ground at the exact location that Kevin Costner stood when he heard Shoeless Joe whispering into the dark cornfield, i might finally understand why strawberries taste so damn weird right after i brush my teeth.


This Week's Worth: 30.61 miles

Total Distance Covered: 1,984.90 miles

Louisville, Kentucky