Mammoth Cave Railroad Bike & Hike Trail

Only this portion of trail seemed to follow a railroad bed.

Monday we decided to tackle & bike the 8 mile (one-way) Mammoth Cave RR Bike & Hike Trail.  It almost killed us!  We were expecting a trail that followed the railroad bed and would have gentle inclines & descents.  Only a portion seemed to follow the railroad bed.  The rest ran through the typical hilly terrain of Kentucky.

The trail bike trail did take you past some interesting stops that we went back to today and visited.  So today was easy walks and taking pictures of interesting spots.  A few are posted here.  Most are on David's Facebook page.

As some may know, we're beginning to get down to real planning to cross the Mississippi.  This weekend the plan is to visit Steve and Susan Burford over near Land-Between-The-Lakes, then on to Houston to visit David's cousin Sharon.

At the moment I-40 is open through Memphis, but closed near White River in Arkansas.  Our planned stopover in West Memphis, AR is flooded.  For now we plan to stopover north of Memphis.  Then travel due west on Hwy 64 and turn south on Hwy 67 to Little Rock.  From there it's on to Houston.

Bike trail had some really nice board walks on elevated areas.  This one is near the trestle for Doyle's Valley

OK. David's playing with the new camera lens, again.