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Hardin, KY - A Day of Rest
... over yesterday, it is called the Eggers Ferry Bridge. It was built in 1932 and is 3,495 feet long; when the Tennessee Valley Authority built the dam on the Tennessee River to create Kentucky Lake, it had to be fortified. Kentucky Lake is the largest man-made lake east of the Mississippi River. Kenlake State Park is on the west side of Kentucky Lake, and on the east side of the lake where we ...
Grand Rivers to Hardin
... gave us about three feet between 72,800 lbs of steel and rubber and a couple hundred foot drop into the icy waters of Kentucky Lake. To add intrigue the winds were out of the northwest so it required us to lean in toward the railing. Our hearts were pounding at a rate that we wished our feet could peddle us at! The trucks passed, the bridge ended, and we let out an enormous sigh of relief, less the half mile hill that stood in front of us. At the top of that hill ...
Cave-In-Rock to Grand Rivers
Today we rode the one mile from our cabin to the ferry and about 20 minutes later we were across the Ohio River and on Kentucky ground. A half mile down the road at the 'Welcome To Kentucky' sign we were 370 feet above sea level. Within 4 miles we were back at 470 feet. When we ride we try to remain stealth, even more so than either of our Hybrid cars! This allows us to observe a lot wildlife; today it was white-tailed deer leaping along ...
Oct 27, 2012
Today we had the pleasure of meeting Marge's (Social House) business partner, Julie. Back tracking to last night, we had talked with Marge about our trip and the next day's plan. We told her our intended destination was Cave-In-Rock State Park, but no cabins were available til Monday. As planned, that would have been a 48-mile ride, doable. Our next option was to turn off just before Cave-In-Rock and head west to Elizabethtown, pushing up the mileage to ...
Funky Fishes
... than the tree we did. I mean, were we really supposed to draw that fish? Much to our surprise, when we got there there was a basic outline to our fish drawn on our canvases in pencil. At that point, I knew they had a chance of actually making something somewhat decent. After about two hours our masterpieces were complete. This time I can definitely say that it was much more enjoyable, mainly because I was in one of the closest seats as opposed to being in the back of the ...