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It's a Dam Big Country

It’s a Big Dam Country — Day 16

30 May 2009

Lawrence­burg Indi­ana to Louisville Ken­tucky.
Started the day late but I only had one dam on the list and the dis­tance to Louisville from Lawrence­burg isn’t much.
But first a stop for some buz­zard pic­tures. A deer car­cass on the shoul­der had 5 or 6 birds already work­ing on it. A fur­ther 10 or so sat on […]

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It’s a Big Dam Country — Day 15

28 May 2009

From Ash­land, KY to Lawrence­burg, IN.
Never far from rain­ing at any point. I had the top down a cou­ple of times but always had to stop to put it back up within half an hour. I’m get­ting a lit­tle tired of the misty, atmos­pheric stuff.
Started with the Greenup Lock and Dam.
Greenup is a lit­tle odd because […]

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It’s a Big Dam Country — Day 14

27 May 2009

It was a long dam day.
My trip back west has begun. For the first few days I will be fol­low­ing the Ohio River from it’s ori­gin at the con­flu­ence of the Allegheny and the Monon­ga­hela in Pitts­burgh to it’s end at the Mis­sis­sippi near Cairo Illi­nois. All told it is 981 miles long. I’ll be […]

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It’s a Big Dam Country — Day 10

24 May 2009

A day late — because the inter­net con­nec­tion isn’t con­sis­tent.
Finally home. Old home that is.
I rode the inter­state from Colum­bus to Pitts­burgh. The first unbro­ken inter­state stretch of this trip. Ugh. I just wanted to be here (Pitts­burgh) rather than there (Colum­bus) as fast as pos­si­ble.
No road pic­tures today. Instead a few shots from around my […]

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It’s a Big Dam Country — Day 9

22 May 2009

I’m get­ting a lit­tle ner­vous about mak­ing my date in Pitts­burgh. Today I did 350 miles. The first 200 miles took 6 hours. The last 150 miles about 2.
So here are the high­lights of the first 200 miles.
I started on the west side of Decatur and headed through town on Hwy 36. At the cen­ter of […]

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It’s a Big Dam Country — Day 8

21 May 2009

Mostly dri­ving today. A few inter­est­ing detours. Some planned some not.
I left Panora around 9. Made my way to West Des Moines via some lovely park­ways to nowhere. Found a Barnes and Noble with a Star­bucks and got an iced latte. Offi­cially sum­mer now. Tried to plan a rea­son­able route for gen­eral east­er­li­ness and failed. […]

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It’s a Big Dam Country — Day 7

20 May 2009

I think I should decide whether it’s a big dam or a dam big coun­try…
Today was a rest day (on the sev­enth day and all that)
I spent some time explor­ing Panora.
There’s a neat lit­tle his­toric vil­lage. The orig­i­nal rail­road depot was moved down here when the rail­road left in the 60s.
Here’s a glance through the […]

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It’s a Dam Big Country — Day 6

20 May 2009

I’m tak­ing a day off from dri­ving. I arrived in Panora, IA yes­ter­day after­noon much in need of rest. I’ve done laun­dry, washed my car, sorted some pic­tures, played with my mother-in-law’s dog, and eaten way too much. It’s all good.
Here’s were I was and what I did Tues­day the 19th (Day 6).
I started the day in […]

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It’s a Dam Big Country — Day 5

18 May 2009

Yipes, it’s a late on tonight.
A big day. Three dams and approx. 400 miles.
Started in Mobridge, SD. (Left my pil­low behind in the motel — not a good start)
Then missed the first turn. From hwy 12 to hwy 83. But I found this in the lit­tle turn around…
Click on the image to read the full text. It’s […]

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It’s a Dam Big Country — Day 4

17 May 2009

From Roundup, MT to Mobridge, SD.
Not much hap­pened today. I got up. I had break­fast at the local diner. Sat at the counter and talked to the locals. Two of three had fam­ily in Seat­tle and envi­rons. Funny old guys.
Put gas in the Shark. Drove. East­ern Mon­tana, a chunk of south­west­ern North Dakota, and a […]

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