Tennessee, Kentucky, & now Ohio

Just in case you were thinking of traveling through Tennessee with your livestock, be forewarned that you can't unload them at their rest stops. (Other states aren't that particular, I guess, as we've seen no signs.) From the placement of the signs we gather Tennessee is particularly concerned with car owners doing this.

All the others except the last photo were taken at the Maker's Mark Kentucky Bourbon distillery.  A couple of their buildings are on the National Historic Registry and the tour is great.  They are currently aging more barrels of bourbon than there are people in Kentucky. In December, to help meet demand, they decided to reduce the alcohol content from 45 to 42%.  Two hours later the Pope resigned. (No comment on whether the two were related.) Their decision to reduce alcohol content resulted in 4 times the number of tweets the Pope got. Less than a week later because of all the customer complaints they went back to the original ratio. To meet demand they're currently building two to three 40,000 barrel storage facilities each year but it takes 5 to 7 years before the "taste" is right so, for a while at least, their bourbon will be in short supply.  Not to be shut out, we bought the two kinds they make and John got the honor of sealing them with the customary wax.

The last photo is the route our GPS took us upon leaving the factory.  Reminded us of the road to Peyrissac, France. Luckily this route only lasted about 5 miles before we were back to divided highway again. Tonight we're outside Mansfield, Ohio (Football Hall of Fame).