pictures of the trip to tennessee

These are murals along the wall between the city of Girardeau, MO and the Mississippi River. Its at least 100 yards long.. in the middle of the murals, looking back the other way, is a courthouse up the hill.






Barge on the Mississippi near Cape Girardeau, MO





This is about all thats left of Thebes, Ill, which is just downriver from Girardeau, Mo. The Illinois side seemed kinda rundown, while Missouri looked more modern. Kentucky seemed more concerned with historical preservation. I was just struck by how the Illinois areas looked so bad


This is one of the main streets in Cairo, ILL. Looks like it was nice at some point, even has fancy lamposts. No idea what has happened here, but its nearl y a ghost town downtown by the river.
They have the Mississippi on one side and the Ohio on the other. Just surprising that it seems nearly abandoned. There is another street that has more active buildings, but they are not real cool...






On to Paducah, KY, much like girardeau. The murals are very similar. Seems they were all done by civic groups.


Above, a barge with coal seems to be on fire. No one seemed real concerned though.
The bridge above, gulp. was very narrow and was about a mile long across the Ohio River.
That was really scary. Not going back that way.

Here is a pig in a small town in Kentucky. There were several of these in this little town.
A memorial to Jefferson Davis, who was born at this spot. He was the president of the Confederacy in the civil war, just in case anyone didnt know.
Amish folk in another small town in Kentucky, There were about 6 buggies in a row and the horses were moving along at a good clip.
of course, I could not take a trip without a picture of an old barn. This one was in the hills of Western Kentucky. Was also a lot of tobacco growing around there.



The interstate in Eastern Kentucky, almost Tennessee. Had to take the big highway toward the end cause I was getting really late.