Ride Across America for Jim Popp: Pictures from Carbondale, IL, through Hindman, KY

For a long stretch after our 4th rest day in Carbondale I didn't have access to a computer with USB hookup. Although the Hindman Historical Society provided internet access from which I posted a text-only update, I simply didn't have time to load pictures. Below are the pictures from July 3 through July 8, covering the stretch of land from Carbondale, IL, to Hindman, KY.

July 3: Carbondale, IL, to Marion, KY

A lake in Illinois

I saw these stears on The Zoo's blog (http://zoobikes.blogspot.com - my friend Jeff who I crossed in Missouri and 4 of his friends riding East to West comprise The Zoo). I was equally impressed with the massive horns, and it's pretty cool to happen upon something that another group mentioned.

Illinois countryside

Definitely time to change the tire! Fortunately my tube wasn't popped and lasted for the remainder of the trip.

Riding on the ferry across the Ohio River (from Illinois into Kentucky)

The Ohio River

July 4: Marion to Utica, KY

Kentucky countryside

We lodged at the Utica Firestation

Firemen and EMS responding to a car that had hydroplaned and flipped over

July 5 was rainy so I didn't take pictures. We rode from Utica to Hodgenville, KY

July 6: Hodgenville to Harrodsburg, KY

Downtown Hodgenville, KY, President Abraham Lincoln's birthplace. Note the childhood and adult statues of Abe. We were shortcutting the TransAm route and wouldn't have seen this had we stayed exactly on route.

Reconstrution of Abraham Lincoln's boyhood cabin east of Hodgenville. Again, a shortcut allowed us to see this.

Lunch with Jim Beam Noe in beautiful Bardstown, KY.

The old tavern where we ate lunch. Yes, it was built in 1779

July 7: Harrodsburg to Booneville, KY

Downtown Berea, KY.

Linda's Victorian Rose B&B, where we stayed in Booneville. What you're looking at used to be the church's altar. Linda and another worker rennovated the church and pastor's house (built in 1915) into the B&B.