Beautiful day over western Kentucky farm land. Downtown Sturgis, Kentucky. They have a Sturgis, Kentucky bike rally in July. It was called Little Sturgis but Sturgis South Dakota sued them and they lost. Had to pay a fine of $100,000. The city sold the rally to a motorcycle shop in town and they have continued having it with another name.
Welcome to Sturgis. Sign on the hardware/ feed store for livestock chutes- "Easy on the cow and Easy on the Cowboy", City of Sturgis welcomes you. Not sure what the Enough is Enough on this political sign, but we saw a few of them. Next to the fairground where we are camped is Ervin Cable co. We think it is phone cables since they have this Pole Farm training facility.
There was no power in the RV site at the fairgrounds. John called the city two brothers who work together came out and flipped on breakers. John tested the power in the pedestal and it was twice the amount of power as usual and it would have burnt out the bus. The guys called their boss and when he checked it it was fine. John's multimeter needs a new battery. The guys were very prompt and polite. Very entertaining to talk to the Kentucky locals. Learned alot about the area. The bus parked at the fairgrounds. We are the only campers here tonight. No events planned for the weekend here. Very quiet, except for the frogs. We are camped on a lake, later I saw the sign that said water treatment plant. Oh well it looks like a nice lake and does not smell. Two other real lakes here too.
Sunset tonight over one of the real lakes. My masterpiece in progress.
We went from Kentucky over the Ohio River into Illinois, then Indiana to the low point of Indiana, then back to Illinois and Kentucky. John is low pointing in all the states. He says everyone else high points. And the low points are generally easier to get to. I follow along to take the photo. The low point of Indiana is where the Wabash river meets the Ohio River. I followed over all the downed branches, the mud, trash, mosquito, tick and snake habitat but stopped when it became knee deep foliage with poison ivy.
John on his way to the low point of Indiana in knee deep foliage with poison ivy. We drove on the Ohio River Scenic byway, also the Illinois Scenic Byway. It was mostly farms, some with silo's bigger than their houses.
Driving over the Wabash River. We met some really BIG tractors. back in Sturgis this sign on mainstreet says Nearby coal fields supplied the fuel for the steamboat the Robert E. Lee in a race against the Natchez in 1870. The greatest race in river history began in New Orleans and ended in St Louis. The Lee won by 6 hours and 15 minutes. Both steamboat captains were natives of Kentucky. The Saturn mfg is in the industrial park here in Sturgis, conveniently located near the fairgrounds we are camped in.
We stopped in Old Shawneetown, Illinois, the oldest town in Illinois settled in 1793 at Nate's bar and grill for lunch. It was the only thing open in town. Lewis and Clark stopped here in 1803 on their journey down the Ohio river to procure a supply of salt from the "squatters" . The area would soon become the gateway for the settlement of the state of Illinois. The old historic bank and downtown Old Shawneetown.
Nate's bar and Grill in Old Shawneetown was the only bar or grill or town we passed on our trip today and the only thing we saw open in Old Shawneetown. Most of the patrons were drinking Coors, and Bud Lite. While we were at Nate's the Redneck Express party bus pulled up in front and dropped off a load of rednecks. They said they were stopping everywhere.
Our campsite at Union County Fairgrounds looks much better with the sun on it. We still have it all to ourselves. The fairgrounds, airport and industrial park are all here. I added another row and some beads to my current masterpiece.
Sunset over downtown Sturgis. The sun looked as wide as the street when it set. Sunset over the 'lake' we are camped by.
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