Tuesday, July 14th, 2009 Goldrush in Kentucky

Tuesday a.m. was the Living Logo, some members went to do this.

We decided to go check out the country side.

We had breakfast and then decided to go for a ride. We headed out of town, with some U-turn practice out of the way :) We did find that at least in the area we rode, they do not really have gravel roads in Kentucky... some are very narrow and are tree covered, a lush canopy of trees overhead.

We went to the Daniel Boone National forest to ride. Beautiful hilly, winding, twisty roads, with lots of history in the area.

We passed tobacco fields, in various stages of growth. There were places in the trees where a green vine had invaded the area and totally covered everything in the area. Jon said it had been brought over from Europe as a ground cover but got out of control and can actually kill the trees and bushes that it covers.

We passed a building that had been used as a hospital during the Cival War. There was a fort that you could go see and so much more but ran out of time. We headed back to campgrounds to cool off, as the temperatures remained in the upper 80's with high humidity.

We enjoyed the coolness of the shade at our campsites.

There was so much to see and do at the convention center and to ride in the country side and see.

We visited with others in the campground and one of the GWTA members put together a group of us, about 25 GWTA members that were also camping there at the campgrounds, and we did a light parade for the campground. Other people that were camping sat in lawn chairs near their campers and along the road, and we covered the entire campground. Everyone seemed to have a great time.