June 23, 2007 - Day 7

Today was a long and busy day. We met a couple from Kentucky that we met yesterday for breakfast this morning, and then rode with them up to the dam. It was another beautiful day and a lovely tree lined 26 mile ride. We ran into several other riders along the way and by the time we arrived at the dam, there were about 20 of us.  We had lunch under the dam and it was a lunch of catfish, that was much better than I would have thought. We then rode up over the dam and across it, over the mountain and then back via the 25. This highway had to be the main north/south road before the 75 was put in. The buildings, roads, and pretty much everything else was very old. Still to their credit out here they managed to find antiques to advertise for sale. Some where a long restoration job away from being worth anything, but I could see their point of view. When we got back to town, we went back to the park and the vendor booths, David wanted to get his chain tightened. Karen and I looked at possibly getting her a new Mustang seat, but in the end she decided against it. We checked the raffle again just in case, but our tickets failed again to be lucky. Then it started to rain. Not a bad rain, just enough to cool things off. We decided to head in the general direction of the coliseum and stop somewhere to get something to drink. We stopped at a place none of us had ever been to before called, "Wishbone". Karen and Katie had some sweet potato fries, and we had ice tea and cokes to cool us off. When we arrived, we noticed some out of place motorcycle cops, and I got a picture of them. Katie ask one of them if she could test ride one of their bikes. He said that we could ride that old Triumph that was setting there. We all laughed, only to later find out that this specific Triumph was ridden by their senator, a guest speaker, and the cops were his escort. Go figure. We were then entertained by a 50s singing group before they started calling out raffle ticket numbers for a half dozen very expensive prizes including the biggie, any Honda motorcycle in their line. Needless to say we didn't win, but it was fun anyway. One last event was the Party on the Block downtown. We decided to check it out, and enjoyed the food and entertainment, then decided to call it a day. Tomorrow morning we head back home, so I need to finish this up so that we can get packed up and ready to go. We'll be headed 1st north, then west. So if you happen to be riding in Kentucky tomorrow we may just see you on the byways.....