Carrollton Pleasureville Bagdad - Kentucky

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Hello Pterodactyl! I don't ride with music but I completely understand those who do. Rhetorical or not...here's my answer.

I would start off with Scruggs' [url=https://youtu.be/AJOIqmlI65Y?t=37s]classic when the pace is quick.

Then mellow down with some [url=https://youtu.be/dSkaWhXl34Y]Little Big Town.

Pick it back up with the [url=https://youtu.be/FVIaiADsyYo]Carolina Chocolate Drops.

When you roll through small towns and pass the pool hall, hit some [url=https://youtu.be/fzhuHMgP8ZE]Gene O'Quin and some [url=https://youtu.be/UzRgVFVlrXw]Little Walter.

And what ride in the South could be complete without a little [url=https://youtu.be/1COdcLCCdcY?t=13s]Cash?

When the sun starts to fade and you're getting close to home on a Saturday night, slide back in with [url=https://youtu.be/bmZ9xRO7M9M?t=15s]Florida Georgia Line.
American bison, one of the most magnificent animals on earth. Ranch along KY 12 Bagdad Road. [url=http://goo.gl/maps/d4ieM]38°15'59.83"N 85°07'26.95"W.



Rolling mill, [url=http://goo.gl/maps/Vplmu]Bagdad.



"Harrisons Rocket-Age Feed" logo showing two hogs, a cow, and a chicken going for a ride on a missile into outer space. [url=http://goo.gl/maps/Vplmu]Bagdad.



I love to stop in and buy a soda pop at these small-town [url=http://goo.gl/maps/Vplmu]stores.



Peoples Bank of [url=http://goo.gl/maps/Vplmu]Bagdad, 1888 - 1921. This building must have cost a small fortune in 1921 and shows how good the economy of Bagdad was back then. An old man at the store saw me taking pictures and asked - in all sincerity and with great hope - if I was going to buy the bank and reopen it. Another old man stopped his lawn mower and asked me - earnestly - if I had any plans to stay in Bagdad.



[url=http://goo.gl/maps/Vplmu]Bagdad has two stores within a stone's throw of each other. Amazing since both also sell gasoline. A railroad line still runs through town but of course no trains ever stop. Thank the federal interstate highway system for that.



I was too late for a tour but the old brick buildings of the still-active Kentucky Bourbon [url=http://goo.gl/maps/eIGdF]distillery in Frankfort are fabulous.



There are Kentucky limestone fences all along KY 1900 Peaks Mills Road. [url=http://goo.gl/maps/1M9nF]38°14'48.27"N 84°50'2.62"W.


Magnificent escarpment beside Elkhorn Creek along KY 1900 Peaks Mills Road. [url=http://goo.gl/maps/nU9YP]38°15'2.57"N 84°49'0.02"W.



KY 1900 Peaks Mills Road, east of Elkhorn Creek, west of the junction with KY 1262 Rocky Branch Road. [url=http://goo.gl/maps/SNmXs]38°16'48.83"N 84°47'51.80"W.



KY 368 Cedar Creek Road east of Cedar Creek. [url=http://goo.gl/maps/HrNiu]38°21'10.25"N 84°46'33.77"W.



More KY 368... [url=http://goo.gl/maps/xbpFU]38°21'43.84"N 84°47'11.75"W.



KY 368 reminds me of a road I've ridden in southern Germany between Stockach and Rottweil through Tuttlingen. [url=http://goo.gl/maps/HsYwU]38°21'35.19"N 84°47'8.87"W.



KY 607 Claxon Ridge Road south of Sawdridge Creek. This road has an awesome hairpin curve at the confluence of Sawdridge Creek and Elk Lick Creek. I'm a better man for having ridden this road when the redbuds were in full bloom. [url=http://goo.gl/maps/vTxx7]38°24'30.82"N 84°49'36.61"W.


Cedar harvest..what a fragrance! KY 607 along Elk Lick Creek. [url=http://goo.gl/maps/RgLbH]38°25'30.68"N 84°47'22.96"W.



I couldn't resist buying this honey at the store in Bagdad. It is fabulous; carries a strong taste of the waxy comb.