After waking up at the Kentucky Welcome Center on I64 (I think) we looked for a spot to take a shower and cook up some joe. Down the road a piece there was a sign for Grayson Lake State Park so that’s where we went. I parked in the first spot that looked reasonable and we commenced to applying our ablutions.
We’re headed for Red River Gorge today so we didn’t drop the bikes and explore. I was going to head back to the way we came in but Pam, ever the applicatteur of le common sense, says, “just put in the location from here.” When I grow up, I hope to sprout a brain.
The drive from Grayson to Red River was the most relaxing, least jarring, and among the most beautiful drives we have experienced so far. We’d like to go on record, right here, that KENTUCKY ROADS ROCK! We were on route 7 for a long time and it was akin to going down a water slide in comparison to many of the roads we have experienced so fahhhh. DAMN!
We turned at Sandy Hook and Pammie said to look for the post office to send off some missives. An address mishap prevented the missive shipment but the brief stop in Sandy Hook – Kentucky – yielded one shot.
The road narrowed a bit outside of Sandy Hook and then, when we turned towards Daniel Boone State Park, it narrowed considerably. No center line, lines on each side and no shoulder. It appeared to be no wider than the camper plus room for a bike on either side. It was curvy, hilly and TIGHT! Pam was not convinced two cars could pass each other never mind a BEAST! Before long a car DID pass and it was tight but we survived.
We came to a parking lot large enough to park the pig and Pam suggested we proceed on bikes. Yeah! Now we’re getting somewhere! Proceed we did and it was some of the most fun we’ve had on the trip so fahhh. Here’s a bunch of pics. I didn’t take any pics while we were riding but it was hilly and windy and tight but there’s plenty of room for geezers on bikes!
After the tour we loaded the bikes back on the rig and drove out the narrow road back out to the main road. We took a left and enjoyed a few more miles of windy, shoulder less, yet smooth and fun roads until we got on the interstate headed for Louisville. I had to do some teaching so we were going to try a Cabela’s parking lot.
Teaching went much better tonight, with less of a signal (!?) and our plan, after teaching, was to drive til we dropped at a rest area and maybe camp somewhere nice tomorrow. We passed near Louisville but were now headed for St. Louis. We stopped for gas outside Louisville and then I saw a sign for Hoosier National Forest Campground and Recreation area. We checked it out and here sit in a nice, quiet, dark campsite with no trucks idling two feet away. Thank you INDIANA!
We backed in, plugged in, fired up the AC, cracked a beer and sat a spell. Then we explored on the bikes a bit. There’s a lake here, or maybe a couple, but you can’t swim in them! It was a fun ride, all downhill, to the boat launch but then the ride back was all uphill in 82 degree, 110% humidity (!!) but the Gazelles make easy work of everything. I love these bikes!
Okay, see you tomorrow!
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