Category: Kentucky

  • Hillman Ferry near Grand Rivers KY

    July 17th, 2006

    The next day was memorable because Chelsea took a tumble only about 30 miles into our ride. We had been climbing, climbing, climbing again, and she looked down to shift, but she was too close to me, and her tire clipped mine. She went down immediately, and I must give her major compliments about how gracefully she fell! She also had the good luck to fall onto a grassy shoulder. She got some nasty road rash, with a big gouge out of her waist, and a twisted ankle. We still went another 6 miles, because we had no signal and couldn’t reach Alex. We were able to ride directly to the campground – Hillman Ferry, in Land Between The Lakes Recreation Area in Kentucky.

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  • Gatlin Campground in Land Between The Lakes KY

    July 16th, 2006

    The next night found us in Gatlin Campground in the Land Between the Lakes Recreation Area in Kentucky. We had expected the ride to smooth out a lot, after the nasty hills of TN, but we found the riding to be just as hard and harder in some ways. We quit after only about 40 miles, as we were really tired and again, the heat was getting to us seriously, after a tough morning of hills. The campground had only one water spigot, and chemical toilets, so it was another night without showers. Again, there was only one other campsite occupied, so we had great privacy, and we had a waterfront spot.

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