Monday September 28, 2009
Left West Memphis mid morning with a beautiful sunny day ahead of me. Headed up towards Missouri and western Kentucky. It had been an uneventful drive until I hit the bridge that crosses the Mississippi River where the Ohio River converges into the Mississippi. OMG! The crossing was a very high narrow bridge and the wind was blowing about 30 miles per hour. I know that the truckers coming towards me could see the whites of my eyes as I crept along hoping not to a) flip over into the river b)scrape my RV mirrors against the bridge structure or c) collide head-on with an 18 wheeler! Breathed a sigh of relief when I hit solid land only to be stunned again when I had to cross an even BIGGER bridge over the Ohio River! Same issues as the first bridge… One bizarre note about the second bridge: there was a guy on a bicycle riding on the opposite side - I couldn’t believe it! Neither could the truckers who were coming towards him… didn’t look back to see if he made it.
Finally arrived in Paducah, Kentucky otherwise known as the Quilt City USA. As any bonafide quilter would do, I made the pilgrimage to Paducah’s Quilt Store of Kentucky and the National Quilt Museum. Spent some bucks on more fabric for my stash and marveled at some of the most beautiful quilts I have ever seen… managed to tour a bit around downtown Paducah and learned that Lewis and Clark used the city as their jumping off point for their adventures. Great little downtown area full of charm and history. I plan to return soon to follow up on the historical aspect of this lovely city. Bedded down in a small little RV camp near the Kentucky Dam.
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