Today we are taking a day off in Bardstown, KY. Last night we strolled along a golf course listening to a concert at the Old Kentucky State Park Amphitheater and star gazing as we ate our McDonald's ice cream. It's amazing how many more stars you can see out here. Ice cream has become a daily part of life, and Jeanne now refuses to end a day without a milkshake.
Today we plan on doing a tour of the Heaven Hill Distillery and maybe a Bourbon tasting. However for the moment we've settled into the library to recharge phones and take advantage of some free internet. So far Kentucky has been interesting. The eastern part of Kentucky was filled with crazy packs of hunting dogs that chased us down the road and trucks with exhaust so dark we looked like we came out of one of the coal mines after we biked through it. We left eastern Kentucky (and Appalachia) on one of the prettiest descents we've seen yet, a two mile stretch of road cut through the rock of the mountain, overlooking the rolling hills we're enjoying now. We'll be heading on across Kentucky and then north towards St. Louis, where we will be diverging from the Transamerican trail for a bit. We'll be taking the Katy Trail through Missouri; it's an old railroad line that has been converted into a bike path and will allow us to skip some of the ups and downs of the Ozarks. We're looking forward to exploring St. Louis on our next day off. None of us have been there before, so if you have any suggestions, please leave them in the comments!
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