A Saturday on the Road...

Saturday, November 14, 2020 we were reeling from the turn for the worse with Covid-19 in Kentucky, indeed, in the entire United States. Claude and I talked on Friday evening. The reports were the worst week so far. We were getting positive numbers each day over 3,000 people. The counts for Scott County positives put our county in the red zone. In fact, of the 120 counties in Kentucky, over 90 of them are in the red. The positivity rate was now approaching 9%. Schools were going back to on-line learning. We were all urged to be very careful and stay home as much as possible. Families were encouraged to only have those who actually live in their homes in for Thanksgiving and Christmas. Not a pretty picture. We were discussing what we could do to keep our lives from being the same routine every day. By the time we went to sleep Friday night, we had several possibilities that would work for us. 

Saturday morning, we decided to get out together and go for a drive. We got ready and hit the road, stopping at Hardee's first for a biscuit. We would drive to Georgetown and pick up Hwy 460. We determined we would drive Hwy 460 all the way to West Liberty. Just before we got to Hwy 460, we stopped at Broke Leg Falls. Papa and I found this neat stop when we were doing drives. I wanted Claude to see it. In the 1940's people had to pay 10 cents to see these falls. In the 1960's the state of Kentucky leased the property from private owners and developed it as a State Park. In 1988 the state turned the property back to private owners. In 2002 Menifee County purchased the property and made it a County Park. In 2012 a tornado ripped through this area and destroyed the park. The man-made structures are being repaired or replaced. The rest is being left to Mother Nature to let the growth come back naturally.

These are pictures of Broke Leg Falls.

Claude wanted to see Cave Run Lake. We would take Hwy 801 around the east side of Cave Run Lake. We stopped first at a pull off to just look at the lake. We watched two speed boats racing across the lake.

Our second stop on Cave Run Lake was Muskie Bend. We would walk along the edge of the lake. I loved the flag someone placed in the edge of the lake. They supported the flagpole they made with rocks and taped solar lights to the pole so the flag could stay there all the time. I was fascinated with the tree roots I kept seeing. I also loved when I walked through what felt like a curtain of little pinecones on a tree. 

The final stop was at Shallow Flats. This is a wetlands area. When Papa and I stopped here it was a different time of year. There were lots of birds enjoying this area. This time of year they have all flown south for the winter. But the spot is still very pretty.

We left Cave Run Lake and drove north to Hwy 60 and took it back to Mt. Sterling and then made our way to the Interstate for the drive home. It was a wonderful ride. Great to be together seeing things Claude had not seen and enjoying the beauty of Kentucky. Even without leaves on most of the trees. It is simply a beautiful state in which to live.