Photos of the drive to Springfield, IL (via Lousville)

A castle in Lousville horse country. Some guy brought it over from Europe for his wife as a wedding gift. They got divorced before the whole thing had been reconstructed.

Two shots are from Lousville. Nice city. I stopped at the Louisville Slugger museum and factory for a factory tour--which was similar to, and about as interesting as, a tour of a high school shop class.

Just a sign...

My first time in either Indiana or Illinois (airports don't count).

I arrived in Springfield around 10:30 pm Saturday, only to discover that I'd booked my reservation to start on Sunday. And the Illinois State Fair is in town, so there wasn't a hotel room to be found for less than $150. I wound up driving 30 minutes down the highway to Lincoln and finding a hotel room there for the night.