Underground Railroad 2023

Well that was a nice quick trip to Indiana.  Reversed our route this morning back over the Ohio River and into Kentucky.   We were riding close to the south shore of the Ohio River and quickly spied the source of the pulp & paper odour that permeated the air pretty much from the get-go this morning.  The Domtar Hawesville Paper Plant. Close to the paper plant are the Cannelton Locks and Dam.  The locks were completed in 1967.  The dam was completed in 1974. We took a quiet county road (1406) that took us right by the Domtar plant.  No stink there; it all went west with the wind...... The first 20 miles were very pleasant.  A few historical plaques along the way, some fun hills and very little wind.  A nice blue bridge in Cloverport.  The water around these parts is pretty brown.  Sure miss our cystal-clear mountain rivers! Thought about a trade-in, but no one seemed to be home. The Joseph Holt homestead appears to be undergoing ...

Today was a shorter day, so a relaxed start about 9am.  The first 5-ish miles was on bike path - though a bit of an industrial area at first, but then through some rather well-to-do neighbourhoods towards the end.  Nice surface and easy riding.  Although - the papa (?) goose on the right gave chase a bit as I rode by.  Owensboro has done a great job of getting cyclists safely through their city on well-maintained bike paths.   More of yesterday's farmland (corn, soybeans, wheat) for much of the day, although the next 15 miles also had some fun little hills. One and only one SAG stop today, at about 18 miles beside lovely Kingfisher Lakes.  Great location, ladies, but I didn't get a good picture of the setting. On the road again.............. Lots of wheat fields today. In to Lewisport.  Looked for a coffee shop.  No luck.  Some folks stopped at the Mexican restaurant, but I didn't want that much food yet.  Lewisport has a great loca...