On the way out of our campground this morning we saw this guy in the road!
There definitely was storm damage in the area last night.
Still a little threatening...
When we got to Sonora, there were two bikers there that we had leap frogged with a couple times already on the trip. We talked to Lance and James for a while, then they continued on for the day. We were going to stay put in the Sonora area, as Taylor had already gone about 85 miles that day and it was getting kind of late in the afternoon after chatting with the guys for a while. Once again Sonora itself was a town that really had nothing open -- in fact, the restaurant/convenience store Lance and James were sitting in front of had closed for the day minutes before they got there (1:30pm!) though our TransAmerica Bike trail maps note towns with convenience stores, restaurants, library, etc it is usually pretty hit or miss as to whether any will be open. A library or post office may just be open a few hours per week, depending on the size of the town. We had to go north of Sonora to find a campground, but it was a nice one with very friendly staff -- Glendale campground.
We went to downtown Glendale that evening to walk around. Too bad we had already eaten dinner since the restaurant there looked wonderful...very rustic and cute...but we did get ice cream anyway :)
We took a break day the next day and drove to Mammoth Cave and did a self-guided walking tour there. Taylor has some photos we'll add from there. It was a rainy day, so a great day to take a break from biking and see the sights.
A car ferry that runs continuously in the the park. The ferry across the Ohio that we took before could take 12 vehicles and had two sailors(?) - one to drive and one to chain it up on the other side. This ferry has only one staff person. Maneuvering is assisted by cables that run across the water.
After the news of the boys soccer team trapped in a cave, it was of particular interest to read about this attempted cave rescue. Cave explorer Floyd Collins was checking out a new cave, when his foot knocked a rock loose which trapped him. After his family found him the next day they brought him provisions and encouragement and started the rescue, including trying to pull him out with horses. No luck. Then falling rock further trapped him and ended communication with him. When he was found several days after tunneling down from above he had already passed away. The story talked about how the site became very popular during the rescue attempts days. Families would drive out and bring a picnic lunch there to watch the goings on and to hope for the best for Floyd and his family.
After our day of exploring we stayed overnight at Glendale again and then back at it the next day.