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Stichill · 05-26-2017, 09:21 PM

Demossville to Flemingsburg to Verona, Kentucky 26 May 2017. Counties: Pendleton, Robertson, Fleming, Bracken, Harrison, Grant, Boone.

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Ready to go.

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Hogg Ridge Road near Knoxville

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CSX railroad tracks near Morgan

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Two nicely painted John Deere tractors on display near Boyd

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Sod (rolls of live grass & soil for immediate planting on a new site) farm

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Stopped at a cemetery in the country to thank a veteran. No personal connection to this man who served in America's "Forgotten War."

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Fresh pavement near Oddville

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Huge barn roof to collect rainwater into an underground cistern. Wells are not safe to drink from in sedimentary limestone areas like Kentucky...too easily contaminated by water flowing horizontally in crevices between layers underground.

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Near Nepton

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Flemingsburg, 1816. That's pretty old for Kentucky.

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Abandoned farm. The loss of tobacco as a cash crop has hurt the viability of farming as an occupation here.

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Byway near Mt. Olivet

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Route

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