Thursday, May 20, Day 14
Hindman to Booneville, Kentucky (65 miles)
Another rough ride over hill and dale…we had hoped for more dales, but there were six, I said six major elevations or more commonly called hills. What’s that expression???
Holy Mackeral or is it the other Holy???
You know what they say, the strong survive. And we are getting stronger. Two of the major hills were within 5 miles of Booneville.
On our ride today, we passed through a community called Dwarf. See Phyllis and Ted in the attached picture
The town was named for Daniel Boone. The town, consisting at the time of little more than a temporary log courthouse, became the county seat when Owsley County was formed on May 20, 1844. During the civil war, Booneville was a crossroads for various Union and Confederate regiments, and was threatened by Confederate guerrillas, but avoided the destruction that befell some other county seats of Kentucky during the war.
When we arrived, we went to the site of our overnight – The Booneville Presbyterian Church. We actually squatted in the courtyard. Cold Showers and Port-O-Potty (that was the squatting).
End result of the hilly ride…I lost my rearview mirror. Thankfully, Steve had a spare and loaned it to me until we reach Berea tomorrow.