May 25 - Hands-down a great day!

It's great to be back with our buds, Pete and Willie. It would be hard to count the days and hours, let alone the miles we have spent together over the past 8 years. It's always great when temperaments and interests are closely enough aligned that they overshadow the dissimilarities. Good folks, Pete and Willie!

Today we took our third trip through the backwoods of ole Kentucky as we made our way to Berea. By the way, Berea is a town in Kentucky and not something for which one needs Pepto-Bismol. There's a liberal art college in Berea; we learned about it while touring a cheese factory in Lexington; but then, I digress. The girls were interested in the "handiwork" of the students which is available throughout Berea in small artisan shops. Pretty handy, I'd say.

While the girls toured the hand-crafted clothing and jewelry joints, Willie and I observed other handicraft. It was, hands-down one of the better touring days thus far. I think we should all give Berea a great big hand for their dedication.

 Let's all give the folks of Berea a great big hand!

 Lots of hand crafted stuff to see

From Lexington it's handy to get to...

 It's a place where the students of Berea College display their handicrafts

I've got to hand it to 'em...they're quite unique.

This is Memorial Weekend and the traffic and the patriotic decorations attest to that fact. Beth arrives tomorrow afternoon as well...let the celebration begin!

 Berea street scene

 Couple of chicks Willie and I found crusin' the town.

Have a great Memorial Day everyone!!