Monday, August 20, 2012

DRIVING THE COUNTRY ROADS: Expect Unexpected!


Over the weekend we decided to take a drive to Bowling Green, Kentucky (about 60 miles from our home), have lunch and piddle around the shopping mall.  The fastest way to get there would have been to take I-65N Hwy, but I opted for the back roads across couple/three small towns and farming communities in order to avoid possible traffic jams on the highway.  It was beautiful peaceful morning, sunny but not too hot weather with the feeling that this was to be nice and enjoyable country drive.

Everything went as expected, well almost, until we went through the city limits of a small farming town where we caught up with some farming equipment (some kind of harvester?!) driven in front of us.  The size of this piece (whatever this was) was spread all over the two way country road.  It took me quite a while until I managed to get around it safely and continue on to our destination.
 
Here are some pics.

On the way to a nice peaceful, traffic free, country drive (Bowling Green, Kentucky).   Nice open road with no traffic in sight...
First sign of 'trouble' (how to safely pass this - thing?:)  Double yellow line means do not pass…

 Any comment is unnecessary other than - follow the monster (past Franklin, KY city limits):)

 Finally, open lane but not enough room to pass through…
 Well, enough was enough!  Yep, I closed my eyes, crossed the double yellow line and PASSED around without a scratch.

So much for a peaceful country drive, the next time, I’ll take I-65N (Nashville, TN to Bowling Green, KY)!:)
At last...., on the way to Bowling Green Mall (and late - lunch:)  After all, it turned out to be a very nice weekend outing for all four of us (my in-laws, and my wife and I)!
On a musical side, you may like this clip:  http://tinyurl.com/8o356vs
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3 comments:

  1. Dragisa , NYAugust 21, 2012 at 11:33 PM

    I hope you had a very nice weekend .
    The trip was a little bit long but it felt good.

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  2. Nick VrajichAugust 22, 2012 at 7:56 AM

    Thanks, indeed, it was very nice trip to Boling Green (BG), KY. Since our town is only 30 miles from Kentucky border, our driving 60 miles to BG for lunch (through the country side) has always been enjoyable. Although, sometimes we do have to be patient with narrow country roads and some farmers’ hauling hay, or some farming equipment behind their trucks way below the speed limit (usually 50-55MPH).

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  3. Nick VrajichAugust 22, 2012 at 8:08 AM

    Well, if I could only spell better (Bowling Green) that would be nice!:)

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