We parted company early Saturday morning so they could attend the day's events and where Charmayne got to lead a Sugarbush Draft horse in an exhibition breed show.
As much as I love horses and will watch many shows, I really wanted to spend some time out riding. Taking Marvinsc's advice, I headed west on US-68 out of Lexington. The first part of the highway was fantastic although I fought with a lot of traffic for most of the day. I made a short sightseeing stop at Fort Harrod in Harrodsburg then made my way to Campbellsville. After a quick lunch I headed east on KY-70 where I again had to deal with a lot of cages that felt it necessary to ride their brakes around 30 mph curves. Turning north again in Liberty, KY, I made my way back to US-68 and into town again.
Scott recommended I stop off in Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill but I ran out of time as I was supposed to meet up with the family for a Celebration of Horses show that evening which we thoroughly enjoyed.
We left the next morning for home taking the very twisty, narrow, and beautiful KY-32 into Falmouth where we then picked up KY-22 and KY-10 to Maysville. Kentucky 32 and 22 are perhaps the best roads I traveled all weekend. KY-32 is extremely twisty, unmarked, and only wide enough in spots for two cars to pass IF they hug the shoulders (my truck would never have made it). Most of the turns are rated at 25 to 30 mph with a few 90 degree ones after a rise. I had to really grip the tank on one of them as I carried in too much speed. I made it through but wish I could show them off using my GoPro; sadly I'd left the actual case for it at home (brought the camera and mounts).
Although I intended to drive out to Portsmouth before turning back to Miamisburg, we chose to head back a little earlier. We then crossed the river there and headed north on OH-763; it too was a fantastically twisty road but I took it much easier than I did in Kentucky as Charmayne jumped on as a passenger. We ran into a short rain storm about 70 miles from home but made it home before the bigger storm hit last night.
Pictures with stories to come.
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