Day Ride to Flemingsburg

[Stichill]

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

Ready to go.

Hogg Ridge Road near Knoxville

CSX railroad tracks near Morgan

Two nicely painted John Deere tractors on display near Boyd

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

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

Fresh pavement near Oddville

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.

Near Nepton

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

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

Byway near Mt. Olivet

Route

 

[the Ferret]

Nice pics Stichill. I love riding in Northern Kentucky. Beautiful scenery and great country back roads.

 

[Rocky_imp]

Beautiful and historic country.
Great ride

 

[Rolls_imp]

Really nice photographs and write up. I feel like I had the pleasure of doing the ride with you. And I like the weather you're having.

 

[Stichill]

Glad you guys enjoyed the pics and vignettes. I like solo day trips like these without a fixed timetable, route, or destination. And no expectation of how many miles to cover. Stop when you want to stop, go when you want to go. Just kind of noodle along and go where you feel like going, letting the ride find its own way.

 

[Cormanus]

Nice photos and philosophy, Stichill.

 

[suhawk305]

Enjoyed your ride report and pictures Stichill. Type of ride I like, no addenda and my cell phone turned off.

 

[curlyjoe]

Excellent ride report, Stichill.