It's hard to believe that my time in Kentucky is coming to an end. Next week I will pull in my slide, box up my gear adrift (that's Navy talk for anything that can become a flying object while underway) and hitch up my car to make the drive south. I have seen so much and yet there is so much more to see. One thing I really have noticed is that like Tennessee, Kentucky is long and somewhat narrow and seems to have 3 distinct geographical sections: the flat western river land, the rolling horse and dairy farms of the central state, and the mountainous coal regions of the east. I spent most of the Thanksgiving weekend driving through parts of the middle and eastern counties. I especially loved driving through the small towns after dark with all their Christmas lights. Having lived in a big city for too long I miss how the little towns still decorate.
I especially enjoyed stopping and visiting several of the veterans memorials along the way. In three different towns I have seen WWI doughboy statues on town squares complete with barbed wire at the soldier's feet. And in tiny Morgan County I found a monument to women veterans. That was a nice surprise.
I'm sorry to say that I didn't stop and get a picture of the various cow statues decorated for Christmas. Perhaps I will get a chance to see another one before I leave and will add it here. Mostly I just admired the scenery and of course, looked for geocaches. I drove just about 1,000 miles in 4 days, visited 23 counties and found over 100 caches. I have completed about two thirds of the requirements for the Kentucky County and Delorme Challenges. Alas, I won't be able to finish up before I leave here next week, but if my schedule allows me to, I will return to the area in May for Geowoodstock and find the time to finish up and complete those challenges. But for now, I'm Georgia bound.
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