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I just returned from a four day visit with family in Breckinridge County, which is dry. What a hassle to pack in enough beer from home.

Home folks there are just used to making a run every week to a wet county and buying beer and liquor by the cases.

I asked them if they would ever vote to be a wet county and they all said "no way". They don't want "honky tonks" springing up all over the place. They would rather drink and socialize at home.

What's wrong with just letting the locals decide how they want their communities to look? We have vacationed in Mercer County for 25 years. (Dry). Since the kids were babies. I am an occasional drinker of beer and spirits, but what my wife and I have decided is that the absence of readily available alcohol allows one to focus on the beauty, cuisine,history and charm of one of the finest stretches of land in the country. It's a situation that's kind of hard to describe. Of course we can carry something in with us, but never have. It would change the whole picture of what we go for. And besides, if ya really want a drink, a good innkeeper will get you one. Some throw private "receptions" in their homes. It's a local thing, and I'm for letting them handle it how they want to. "Progress" hell - we can go to Chicago for that!