Spring Break Key West Trip

Starting a new post train of my trip to the Florida Keys. Becky has chosen not to go this time due to a trip she took to Texas and just returned. I'm not wimping out by not riding the whole way there. Since I have a limited amount of time I need every day. Tomorrow the weather is supposed to be very stormy with thunder storms, hail and even the possibility of a tornado. Therefore I will haul the Harley to Knoxville where I will meet up with my brother in law, John. We will ride to the Keys from his house rain or shine.

Paducah Flood Wall

As promised here are a few of the murals painted on the flood walls.

Paducah Kentucky

We had a couple of days around Thanksgiving where due to other family commitments we would be alone. Since the weather is going to be nice we thought we would get one more motorcycle trip in this year. So we are in Paducah Kentucky a nice town that has a large artist community that is nationally known. It is known for the painted murals on the Ohio River flood walls. We will see those tomorrow. This is what we did have time to see today.

Ohio River at the Overlook

Home again

We spent the last few days in Athens Ohio as this was Homecoming weekend. Becky's family meets there every year as it seems it's the only time they can get together. As suggested in our initial post we mentioned that we went past the birth place birth of  U.S. Grant. On our way home we stopped by and took a couple of pictures. We also stopped in Madison In. and had lunch at the Downtowner. Great soup and Reuben sandwich.

More pictures from the falls.

Donnie and Cindy at the falls

Niagara Falls day Two

We decided to purchase the Discovery tour package. This included a movie, Maiden of the Mist boat ride to the falls, and Cave in the wind.  I hope the pictures do it justice so here goes:

It is hard to describe what the power of the falls feels like. We are standing at the base of the falls and the feeling is unbelievable. It flows 670,000 gallons per second.

North to Niagara Falls

We decided to cross another national treasure off of our bucket list. Since we both have a special interest in water falls we decided to go to Niagara Falls. We will break the trip up into different sections. The first section will have us at Beckys mother house in Athens. We found yet another way there by traveling rural roads both in Indiana and Ohio. We even went by US Grant's birthplace in south central Ohio. Did not take any pictures but may if we decide to go that way home. Second leg of the trip was to travel rural roads in Ohio. It is amazing how many good motorcycle roads there are in Southeast Ohio. We did not make great time but that was not the point, we really enjoyed the roads and the weather. We are now in Niagara Falls and spent the day there. Here are a few pictures from today.

Rest Stop on a rural road in Ohio

Look who we ran into while at the state park. This is our friends from New Albany who just happened to be there Donnie and Cindy Kleehamer.

More images tomorrow.

Trip to Rabbit Hash Kentucky

Since it was a very nice day for a ride and picnic we decided to  visit a small town in northern Kentucky. On our way we stopped in Madison Indiana to have lunch while watching the boat traffic on the Ohio River. After lunch we rode to Rabbit Hash Kentucky. Rabbit Hash is famous for the fact that it's mayor was once a dog. We took some pictures and as you can see we were not the only ones there this Sunday afternoon.