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Back to Story Photo Gallery: Columbus, IN to Chattanooga, TN |
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| We follow our hosts, Diane and Charlie, out of Columbus, IN |
Soon, we encountered some road construction |
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In Vernon, IN, many of the 19th century buildings still stand |
The apples on these trees look enticing | |
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| Madison, IN was hosting their annual Chautauqua Festival of Art... | ...which drew a pretty good crowd | |
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| We ride across this big bridge for... | ...for our third and final crossing of the Ohio River | |
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| Whew! We biked over that thing! | Bottomland crops seen along the Ohio River | |
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| We watch this log truck go by in Prestonville, KY, | The majestic Carroll County Courthouse in Carrollton, KY | |
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| The tobacco leaves have a very strong presence in Carrollton | We were startled to see this sign in a Carrollton restaurant | |
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| As our day wound down, we relaxed along the Ohio River where... | ...we viewed a very memorable sunset! | |
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| Kentucky Utilities, Ghent coal-fired generation plant | The impressive Markland Locks and Dam | |
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| The bright white Gallatin County Courthouse in Warsaw, KY | Tobacco leaves curing in a barn | |
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| To our left, we gazed at the Ohio River as it flows SW to Louisville, KY | To our right, we viewed the river as it comes down from Cincinnati, OH | |
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| South of Glencoe, KY, a dog begins his chase | Under a blue sky, the Baptist Church in Poplar Grove, KY | |
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| Anyone need a Farmall tractor? | In Kentucky, even the horses get to go to Dairy Queen | |
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| Stray tobacco leaves were scattered on the highway shoulder | Highway 127 cuts deeply into the mountains | |
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| Looking down at the greenish water of Elkhorn Creek | The vultures are hovering so we need to keep moving | |
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| Frankfort, KY offered wonderful vistas with a flower clock and... | ...the state capital building | |
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| The downtown in Danville, KY reflects its rich heritage | South of Stanford, KY, we had this long hill to climb | |
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| Orans Truck Stop in Eubank, KY | Bundles of tobacco headed south to Somerset, KY | |
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| Signs showing The Ten Commandments were frequent | The Cumberland River south of Somerset, KY | |
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| Tall railroad trestle crossing the Cumberland River | Promotional sign seen north of Greenwood, KY | |
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| Out delivering papers, this reporter stopped us for an interview | North of Whitley City, KY, these signs caught our attention | |
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| The smoky mountains of Tennessee await us | Tennesseans use drive up window for cheap tobacco at the border | |
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| Tennessee greets us with a sign forest | Anyone want to start up a restaurant? | |
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| NO SMOKING in Elgin, TN; we're not in Kentucky any more | Going around a scenic bend | |
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| This little shack was a road side attraction | A Tennessee dog aims to tangle with us | |
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| Barb sees that a car is approaching | In Harriman, TN, it's Christmas time year round for the handy man | |
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| Crossing over the Emory River | For the nuclear power plant evacuation route, we go this way | |
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| Reflections on the water in Dayton, TN | Frazier's Produce near Soddy Daisy, TN | |
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| We were so happy with our 14 mph average, we took this photo | This Huey helicopter flew on combat missions in Vietnam | |
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| We bike through this tunnel for our entry into Chattanooga, TN | The Market St. and Walnut St. bridges over the Tennessee River | |
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| We toured the Chattanooga Aquarium with Barb's former coworkers | The aquarium offered a lot of interesting fish | |
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| We had a blast with Barb's former coworkers and their families | Donna and Philip were wonderful hosts in Chattanooga | |
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