Winter 16-17

We've hit the road a few weeks early this year to attend my God Child's wedding in Virginia. Its been my desire to leave earlier so we can experience the fall colors through Kentucky and into the Appalachians, so here we go. So far so good. I was concerned that we were to early as we drove across Illinois and Indiana with very little leaf color but I was pleased today when we neared Kentucky and the colors sprang to life. Plus the temps have hit the 80's which is hot for this time of year so we are spending a little extra to secure 50amp service. I've never been good at taking the heat, so air conditioning in the RV is a must if I wish to sleep.

There's something special about Kentucky and I can't put my finger on it. Perhaps it's the blue grass pastures with leggy Thoroughbreds dancing on well groomed hooves. Or maybe it's the unique farms with their barns painted black so the inside of the barn heats up to dry tobacco or the other reason, to hide the effects of corn mash in the air, this is the home of some of the worlds best bourbon after all and if they don't paint the boards black, they'll turn that color anyway and make outsiders wonder what's up. Maybe it's the history that spills from the many battlefields, or cities named for early settlers like Clarkville, or natural places named for the First Nations people that traveled the buffalo traces and drank of the special waters that seep through the limestone. I recall the last time we came this way finding a half circle of 7 head stones for a small but not forgotten group of civil war soldiers that fell along the same path we walked. Sure this is beautiful country with rolling hills and meandering brooks, but it's so much more. For now, it's the beginning of this years journey.