Having exhausted ourselves with hiking and biking over the last few days, we decided to take a car ride around the perimeter of the park to explore the small towns and to take a short hike.
I was fascinated by the names of the towns we went through like Pig, Cub Run, Sweeden, Scotland, Munfordville, Cave City, Park City, and Horse Cave. We got off the beaten path and traveled down a one-lane gravel road, past an old cemetery and across a dry creek bed at the bottom of a steep ravine. Shortly past the creek we were stopped by about 6 National Park Service vehicles parked in the middle of the road. As we approached a ranger got out of his truck and stopped us. He said, “There’s a personal safety concern ahead and we have to ask you to turn around and go back. Try the road again this afternoon, it’s a beautiful drive.” What in the heck is a “personal safety concern”? We don’t know, use your imagination!
We then found a 2.6 mile trail that led to the river so we started down it, went about 1.5 miles, stopped for lunch and then came back. It was just too hot to continue to the river. One small town advertised a Farmer’s Market but when we found it there was only one lady selling her produce. Most of the small villages had many empty buildings, some historic ones and then you were out of the city limits. We also crossed the Nolin Lake Damn and, too late, discovered that John could have trout fished below the dam.
By the time we got back to the RV it was time for a cocktail and dinner preparations.
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