Columbus to Franklin

Does the lack of sleep show too much? Well, if it does, it's more than compensated for by yet another brilliant and intensive day.

After an audience with Mayor Fred, met with the Columbus transportation planning and engineering departments. Then taken on a whistle-stop tour of interstate intersections and bridges, and got taken round an asphalt plant and laboratory. Who'd have thought that so much thought goes into the stuff you drive on? Asphalt is the number one recycled product in the US, even ahead of cans.

And then there's the city's first roundabout which I was proudly shown! Apparently it caused more than its fair share of consternation amongst the locals. A second visit to CB (Columbus Bar) downtown area fitted the bill perfectly, and I couldn't leave without going round Wal-Mart!