Kentucky
Early June 2020

Kentucky hadn’t opened State Parks when we traveled through, so we had to find some private RV parks- most of those had not opened either…We made two stops crossing the state.
We visited Abe Lincoln’s birthplace, now an interesting National Historic Site (again only open enough to walk around, the visitor center and memorial were not open).

 

Next stop was Red River Gorge Geological Area in the Daniel Boone National Forest. This area has many natural rock arches and a twisty, turny narrow road that motorcyclists love. And, a hand dug tunnel that is only 12ft by 12 ft and 900ft long…ONE LANE- and as got about half way through, cars started in from the other end! Did I mention there is NO light? Drivers are supposed to look ahead and NOT go if they see headlights already inside. Traffic piled up quickly on both ends and our side had fewer vehicles so our side backed out – about a dozen on our side. In case your wondering, we knew about this tunnel and only had the truck, not the camper which is 13 ft. 3 inches.

West Virginia- spent a week at a very quiet, secluded state park. We so needed to rest and de-stress! 20 minutes away was a tiny town with a small grocery. An hour away was a Walmart and Rhylee needed his meds refilled.
Speaking of Rhylee, looks like he had another stroke (or something similar) and pulled through after about 3 days. He couldn’t get his legs to stay under him or move him forward. He stopped eating and looked ever so sad. We were not near a town with a vet, we did not have internet to look anything up, or even phone service. So, we did what we did before- pampered him, made a sling under his belly to help him get outside to do his business, fed him enticing people food.

Each day, he was able to do a little more, and then one morning he sprang up, wagged his tail, trotted down the stairs and he was cured- apparently this dog has many, many lives…