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Kentucky

• 10.25.07
  Amish hunters and night-time bicycling
  Amish country, Illinois, Kentucky (3)

  The go-to place for questions like the ones below is the AmishAmerica blog. News item (bad news, that is): Just before daylight, a car hit and killed a Clare County man riding a bike on a Wisconsin road. The accident happened Tuesday near the town of Washington. 18 year-old Chester Coblentz, an Amish man from Clare, and another Amish man were on their way to go hunting when they were hit by a car driven by a Wisconsin man. Coblentz died at the scene and the other man was taken to a nearby hospital. Coblentz was in Wisconsin for the wedding of the other man struck ...
  
  
• 03.29.06
  Alabama trip, Day 4, Wednesday March 29, the Trace — Part 1
  Kentucky, Tennessee, Tuckabatchee tour - 2006 (1)

  (Originally written for LiveJournal, 25-Apr-2006) Staying in the camping cabin wasn't much like camping, but it was nice. We cleaned up, but didn't wash our horse blankets. However, we needed to do something about our tent situation. Staying in motels all the time would be too expensive. Myra agreed to make a quick run to Clarksburg, TN to see if she could buy another Eureka tent, or maybe even get replacement poles for ours. Or maybe some other cheap tent's fiberglass poles would fit our tent. Unfortunately, it turned out not to be a quick run for ...
  
  
• 03.28.06
  Alabama trip, Day 3, Tue March 28, Marion KY to Wrangler’s Campground
  Kentucky, Tuckabatchee tour - 2006 (0)

  Originally posted on LiveJournal, 21-Apr-2006 I gave myself an extra nap after breakfast. I was tired after 165 miles in the first two days. Even without the nap and subsequent late start, it would be too much to get to Tennessee today. The route to Tennessee would be along the Land Between the Lakes, a national recreational area between the Cumberland and Tennessee River reservoirs. There was a campground on the Kentucky side of the border -- the Wrangler's Campground -- which would make for a 60 mile ride. Myra wondered if that place wasn't just for horse people. I figured they'd ...
  
  
• 03.27.06
  Alabama trip, Day 2, Monday March 27 – Mt Vernon IN to Marion KY
  Amish country, Illinois, Kentucky, Tuckabatchee tour - 2006 (0)

  Originally posted to LiveJournal, 18-Apr-2006 The day's destination was Marion, KY -- about 70 miles by bicycle from Mount Vernon. It was still a little cool for camping, and we had reason to believe there was a motel there. The first order of business was to cross back to the Illinois side of the Wabash River. The bridge is a toll bridge, and only one lane was open. I asked the toll collector if I could ride across. She didn't know why not. She also didn't know what to charge me so she let me ...