Day 135: Cave Creek, KY

Due to a dearth of available camping options, we elected to pile on the miles, riding 83 miles to the area around Rough River Reservoir.  I took the first shift, covering 33 miles, Alea did the next 31 and I took over for the final 19 miles.  It was 90 degrees at the end of the ride, but the humidity has been much more reasonable the past few days.

It was again a day of pleasant rural vistas and generally low traffic volumes.  A small highlight was stopping in Glenville, KY at the intersections of Highways 81 & 140 for a homemade 20 oz strawberry-banana milkshake - for $3!  I'm not too sure I wasn't paying close to that amount back in 1985.

So far, our route through Kentucky has been very easy to follow.  Most of the US Bicycle Route 76 signs are in place, and there aren't all that many times that we need to change highways.  So it has been low stress and pretty much trouble free riding.  There have been plenty of low to medium rollers, and only a few longer grades, but nothing like what we've encountered in New England and the Ozarks.

We arrived at Cave Creek Campground around mid-afternoon, only to find at the entry booth that the campground was closed Monday through Wednesday.  We drove in and took a look around, and discovered that two campsites were occupied, but there was no facility for self-paying.  Plus there was a host, but they weren't home.  We finally figured out that we could go online to book a campsite ($22, power, water and showers with adjustable water temperature).  Since this is a Corps of Engineers campsite, it can be booked at recreation.gov, so there is no added reservation fee.