August 30--I said goodbye to Betty and Louisville and drove for a little while by the Ohio River on the Kentucky side. I noticed several things while driving in Kentucky: One, I didn't see any blue grass. Yes, I know the grass is really more of a blue-green than blue, but I didn't see any of that either. Betty said that grass was usually brown by this time of year, so I guess I missed it. Two, although I didn't see bluegrass, I did see tobacco growing, harvested and drying. I hadn't realized that Kentucky grew that much tobacco. Let's see, bourbon, horses and tobacco. A pretty rich combination for pleasure, I'd say! Third, I noticed that many barns had paintings of quilt squares on the sides. I liked that. Later on at a museum, I
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