I noticed this sign, and just had to take a picture.
I thought is was an excellent name for a town. :)
Crossing over in to Kentucky, I noticed they must have had a lot of rain also.
Those are cornfields you see that were flooded.
As I said, I was headed to Mammoth Caves, but it would have
been too much driving in one day, so I stopped and searched for
a park that was closer. I found this place called
"Land Between the Lakes" in western Kentucky.
I will come back here again on my next trip.
I asked the lady at the Visitor Center if this is where the movie
"On Golden Pond" was filmed. (an oldie starring Henry Fonda
and Katherine Hepburn)
She told me no, "This is where Al Capone sent his men with their
loot, from Chicago"
One of the first things I did, was visit the Elk & Bison Prairie.
I saw a cow elk as soon as I entered, but she was off a way
and slightly hidden so I passed on taking a picture.
They want to make SURE you know these are not tame animals.
The first thing I saw were Turkey. And all throughout the park they were
very abundant.
Not sure what these were, but they looked like a crested heron,
but with shorter legs.
More Turkey.
My first clue that Bison were near. :-)
I never did see another Elk.
Not sure why this sign caught my attention. LOL
Ummm.... not what I expected. There were little signs like this along all
the roads. I must have seen signs for at least 30 cemeteries,
and I wasn't on half the roads.
Heading down the road to my camping area, I spotted what looked like
a "blonde" German Shepherd running in to the woods. I asked about it
at the Nature Center and was told it was probably a coyote. If so, it was
a big Coyote. About a mile later I saw this Fallow Deer.
The guy at the Visitor Center said they don't have a lot of them,
and that I was lucky to have seen one, so I feel good that I got
a picture of this one.
The Nature Center was next, and I only got a few pictures before
a family with two very unruly children came in, as the little loves came
running and screaming through, all the animals that could, made them
selves scarce. I had a few words under my breath for the parents that
just smiled and walked on through.
Red Tailed Hawk
Barn Owl
Barred Owl
Screech Owl
And this is where those adorable little unsupervised tykes entered the Center.
This is the back end of a Red Wolf. According to the workers, they used to be
fairly well established in the mountains of western Kentucky, (early 1800's)
but by 1980, they were thought to be extinct in the wild. They are now listed
as "Critically Endangered". A captive breeding program has reintroduced them
to the wild where they are reported to be breeding in the wild.
You can read about them here:
Entrance to the campground that I stayed.
Saw this along a back road on my way to do some fishing.
Part of this area is in Tennessee. I crossed over to visit their
version of Old Bedford Village.
You had to actually walk through this area to get to it.
I was like they shut it off from the outside world.
It was nice, but not very big, and due to Govt. cutbacks
there were only 5 people working in the
"1870's Homeplace"
These two cows were the only thing I took a picture of inside.
They are "Ayrshire" from Scotland. Brought over in the 1800's
because of their hardiness, and ability to convert grass to milk
more efficiently than most cows. Also because this area resembled
the area of Scotland that they were from.
On my way back I passed this.
Any guesses as to what this is?
All 4 sides are identical.
That's it for now. More to come another day.
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