We hit the road around 9:30 this morning and had a great day of riding the twisties through the Kentucky country side. I loved being out early in the morning and smelling all of the clover, wild flowers and freshly cut fields as we rolled through some amazing scenery. We saw wild turkeys on the road side, some really impressive horse properties on the country roads and beautiful, huge old houses as we rode through some of the small towns. After a lunch stop in Somerset, we headed East in to the Daniel Boone National Forest. Oh, that was some pretty riding! Curves, hills, trees.....just lovely.
One quirky little road we took today seemed more like someone's driveway than an actual road. As we continued it got narrower and was full of holes, gravel, etc. At one point there was a car coming at us that actually had to stop to let us pass along side it. None of us could avoid hitting some huge honkin' potholes and in the video you can actually here me yelling through my helmet, over the roar of the engine as I saw this huge, unavoidable hole coming. Whoaaaaa! Thankfully it was a short little connector road and we were back on normal, state maintained roads in no time.
We also had a few small animal encounters today. We knocked three lives off some poor squirrel (assuming they're like cats) as he tried crossing the road in front of Steve, then turned around, then tried again in front of me, then turned around, then tried a third time in front of Dad and apparently thought "screw it!" and made it all the way across. We also scared a chicken in to crossing the road when he heard our loud rumbles coming his way (that's why, in case anyone ever asks you that again). And finally, because birds have an attraction to me I guess, I almost hit a Robin as it tried to fly across my path. Thank goodness it was smaller and more agile than that big ol' seagull I ran over last year. Whew!
With all of that excitement, we made it in to Hazard, KY around 5:30pm, checked in to our hotel and had a nice rest before going to get some dinner. Now we're all tucked in for the night and ready for more fun tomorrow. We'll be riding the Devil's Triangle in Tennessee which is supposed to be crazy switchback curves, etc. Fun stuff!
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Thanks for answering that age old "why did the chicken cross the road" question! It sounds like you're traumatizing the back country wildlife. I loved the Mother Goose house! Have fun on the Devil's Triangle! Love, Mom
ReplyDeleteGreat pictures guys! Hope you're having fun.
ReplyDeleteLove ya!
That's hilarious about the poor little squirrel, I can visualize.
ReplyDeleteYou're a good writer, Kristi ; )