Kentucky

Lest we Forget – Sebree KY to Marion KY

Lest we Forget – Sebree KY to Marion KY

It’s Memorial Day in America, a public holiday, so the roads are quiet. The Stars and Stripes are everywhere as the country remembers its war dead. Sitting in a cafe in Sebree this morning over breakfast I was reading the Evansville Courier which had an article about a local lad killed in Vietnam in 1968…

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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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