Appalachians

Of Hogs and Gods – Howardstown KY to Falls of Rough KY

Of Hogs and Gods – Howardstown KY to Falls of Rough KY

Small town America may have its problems, but the sense of community remains strong – certainly in Howardstown. It’s also noisy, but that’s not down to the people, but the birds  – one of the most lively dawn choruses I’ve heard in years, rivalling the frog chorus the night before. By the time we’d packed…

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Forts of Pendleton – Berea KY to Harrodsburg KY

Forts of Pendleton – Berea KY to Harrodsburg KY

What a difference a day makes! When morning comes, Berea has survived the storm relatively unscathed and the skies have cleared. It means, as ever, we have to move on. It’s a strange feeling since it’s likely we may not see any of our new found cycling friends for a while, or perhaps ever again….

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Boone and Bust  – Booneville KY to Berea KY

Boone and Bust – Booneville KY to Berea KY

‘Did you hear the ‘yip-yip’ of that coyote last night?’ was the question being asked over loaded hash browns, egg biscuits and coffee at the Hometown Cafe this morning. That, and who got elected as what in the town’s elections. I think that once us cyclists had gone and the excitement of the results had…

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Into the Valleys of the Dogs.  Lookout KY to Hindman KY

Into the Valleys of the Dogs. Lookout KY to Hindman KY

Today we left Lookout and headed into the valleys of the dogs. Kentucky has a reputation for mean ones with a taste for passing cyclists and we were all a little apprehensive, particularly after John took a call from a fellow TransAmerican further up the trail who had problems with them around Hindman, our destination….

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Lord of the (chain) Rings. Damascus VA to Council VA

Lord of the (chain) Rings. Damascus VA to Council VA

Let’s get this out in the open right from the start. We’ve clearly underestimated the physical challenge of cycling the TransAmerican. The Appalachians are a major hurdle, the largest chain of mountains east of the Mississippi extending from Canada, all the way to Alabama. We’ve been cycling through them for well over a week now…

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Go Yell it on the Mountain! Afton VA to Lexington VA

Go Yell it on the Mountain! Afton VA to Lexington VA

It’s Terry’s better half, Liz’s birthday today and he was determined to yell it from the mountain. So it was a good job our task today was to climb the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia and search for the lonesome pine in the pale moonshine etc. It wasn’t quite night-time when we left the Cookie…

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