Today we took a drive east towards Newport - nothing special to see, just a country drive. Along the way in the town of Chestnut Hill we came across the Bush's Baked Beans factory. They have a museum so we stopped. It was actually pretty interesting with a short movie about the history of the company (founded in 1908) and how their factory works. There was also an extensive display of their history through the decades with original products and machinery. They used to can all sorts of fruits and vegetables, but in 1990 decided to focus solely on baked beans. From there we just took country roads. These were mostly 2 lane roads with no shoulder that meandered through the hills. The speed limit was always about 5-10 mules faster than I thought was safe since there were driveways and blind hills but the locals were comfortable enough to ride my tail all the time. At the few passing opportunities they never did.
We put just under 11 gallons of gas into the car at a Kroger store - $1.76 a gallon after three 3 cent discount.
We stopped again at Holstons for a beer and a Margarita with the fried green tomatoes appetizer. Then a quiet evening eating up the little remaining food we had and watching the Olympic games.
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