Day
73 – 7-23-15 Thursday We departed the campground at 8:15AM and
stopped to fuel up just before getting back on the interstate
highway. The scenery this morning was about the same as yesterday,
fields of corn, soy beans, a few cows, horses and some goats and lots
of traffic on the road. There was some road construction but not much
delay.
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When
we got near the Kentucky border we were in the city of Louisville,
which straddles the border of Indiana and Kentucky. There was lots of
construction on the interstate around the city and lots of traffic.
We came up on a split in the highway and was not sure if we were
supposed to take the left or right side of the split. The GPS
(Samantha) normally tells me but she was quiet at this point so I
went left, which was the correct decision. The road signs were not
placed far enough from the split to give much time to react. But we
got through all the mess without any scrape or bruises. Just pass
this area there was a car stopped in the emergency lane just to the
right of the lane we were in and just as we approached the car, the
lady started to walk around the back end of the car up the driver's
side. Her car was just over the white line and she would have been in
our lane if she had of stepped around the rear of the car. I could
not move over to the left because of the traffic and didn't have time
to even slow down so I just blew the air horns at her and thankfully
she jumped back. I don't know if I would have hit her or not but it
would have been close. We were glad to get out of Louisville.
The
landscape in Kentucky was more rolling hills, pasture land and much
less row crops than in Indiana. Some really nice homes with wood
fences around the pastures. We kept looking for the “bluegrass of
Kentucky” but all the grass we saw was nice and green. Our route
took us off I-64 for about 80 miles through the country and some
small towns over to I-75. This was a nice drive, less traffic than
the interstate but there was some traffic lights that slowed us down
some.
We
finally made it to our destination just outside London Kentucky. We
pulled into the Levi Jackson State Park Campground. We saw the sign
for the park in May when we came through here and wanted to stay here
on the way back. Our two grandsons names are Jackson (9) and Levi
(7). We asked for a site for 3 nights but we could only get a site
for one night unless we took a spot in the overflow area. The lady
took me in a golf cart to see the overflow area but I didn't like it.
They had recently got a lot of rain and the area was not level and
was muddy but they had a nice pull through in the regular campground
with full hookups for one night so we took that. This is a nice
campground and is very popular with the local people. I knew it might
be a problem getting a site without reservations just before a
weekend. There are lots of young children here having lots of fun.
They have a nice area for the kids to play and also the streets are
paved and they can ride the bicycles.
We
read and relaxed for awhile before I grilled some chicken on the
grill for supper.
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