working on the road.... day two

on the road again...

In Mt. Sterling, KY, after our nice little “dinner” and some relaxation we turned in for the night, knowing the next and final “road day” would be a bit taxing because we stopped short of Lexington, our original target for the day. So next morning we headed out. After a half hour of driving or so, we entered Lexington, the



And of course if you can dabble in horses, you probably have some cash, and indeed there is evidence of that around there





I wish I knew the story..

Since we were heading for FOJTY’s home in Jackson, MO, we altered our normal STL course and headed down a myriad of “parkways” toward the lower left end of Kentucky. We weren’t the only people on the roads as we saw several convoys of these:



Must have been about 50 in this particular parade, all ages, genders, garb, and cycles, however most were Harleys.

After Paducah, we got to the river(s) and began to see the effects of the flooding.



And then we got to the famous river town of



And over the years a number of factors have made it almost a ghost town. Apparently even the best burger in southern Illinois couldn’t help them stay open





Illinois 3 is the “river road” near the mighty Mississippi and the nearer the river we got, the more waater we saw..





Eventually it seemed that the river lapped at the shoulders..



So, that pretty much ended our day..

But of course there's things on the road along the way that catch your eye... not that I would look of course (Gee honey look at that!! Pull over....uh, never mind)



Despite all, we arrived higg, dry and tired in Jackson Missouri, near Cape Girardeau home of FOJTY. We had a great dinner there, the first of two very nice meals.. the subject of the next Feeder.

And we did need to

DFD