Who's Chicken?

First, the good news - we still have the same travelers that started out this morning! No one had to get dropped off at a random corner with bus fare, or was traded for a cup of coffee.

We left Charlotte and headed first to Asheville where we had lunch with dear friends of mine, Shawn and Amy Evans. It was 90 degrees out on Saturday, but at lunch today it was a chilly 64. From Asheville, we were able to continue west on newly re-opened I-40 to Knoxville, TN and then north on I-75 into Kentucky. Taking pictures of the rock-slide on the side of the interstate while traveling at 70 mph isn't as easy as it sounds (so my mom says). To fulfill our quest for seeing the oddities in America, we searched for Kentucky's Big Chicken. How hard could it be to find a big chicken? He was a bit elusive! Now I'm not the best map reader in the world, but.... The chicken was on US Hwy 25 East. One would assume that if you went the opposite direction of US Hwy 25 WEST, that would be east. Not quite! And, did you know you could travel North on US Hwy 25 East? My favorite was two signs that said North US 25 East and South US 25 West and they were at 90 degrees to each other. Huh? I'm embarrassed to admit our detour to see him cost us an hour, if not more, but you can see why.

Tomorrow's agenda? A giant pink elephant drinking a martini in Indiana! Atleast he's supposed to be right off the highway...