Under the Sea!
Saturday, August 18th, 2007
My brother in law once said, "Water and Motorcycles don't mix." With that in mid, I was heading across the Ohio once again this year, and into Kentucky to the Newport Aquarium. I started out heading west on Washignton Street, and then too the ramp south on Shadeland Avenue. It merged with 465, which I took south to I-65. I continued going south to I-65 until I got to SR-44, the Frnaklin, Indiana Exit. After a stop at the BP for fuel, I road across the street to the Golden Arches to meet the rest of the group.
After chatting for a while, and trying to remember who is who, we headed out east on SR-44 towards Shelbyville. We then took SR-421 South, heading for Greensburg, Indiana. A new Honda plant caused a detour through the country, but we returned to SR-421, and went into town. Greensburg is famous for the tree that grows out of the courthouse roof. Sometime, I will do a ride just to get a picture of that.
We stayed on on SR-421 until we got to Napoleon, Indiana, where we took a quick stop.
At Napoleon, we headed further east on SR-48. This would take us into the town of Lawrenceburg, Indiana, which was famous for the Seagram's Distellery, but it now also has a big casino boat. After stopping for gas, we wandered around to find a place to eat, and settled on Gold Star Chili.
From the eatery, we made our way through Lawrenceburg, and then into Cincinatti, Ohio. We passed several bridges, and finally turned to board a ferry that would take us across the river. We rolled up on the boat, and floated our way across the river.
We were in Newport, but wondering around town, apparently our leader got a little lost. Eventually, we found a parking lot to pull into. The nice woman not only told us she would only charge for the spaces we would take, you can get four bikes in a slot, but she also took a group picture!!
It was a great Aquarium, and if you want to see all the pictures, click here
But here is a teaser:
We made our way out of town, crossed the river, and headed west on US 50. When we got to Indiana 1, we stopped for gas once again. We debated the route home, and decided that SR-46 was the best route for all of us. This would take us back to Greensburg, also.
The rest of the group pulled into a Ponderosa for dinner, but I headed on home, eventually hopping on I-74, and taking it to 465.
My brother in law once said, "Water and Motorcycles don't mix." With that in mid, I was heading across the Ohio once again this year, and into Kentucky to the Newport Aquarium. I started out heading west on Washignton Street, and then too the ramp south on Shadeland Avenue. It merged with 465, which I took south to I-65. I continued going south to I-65 until I got to SR-44, the Frnaklin, Indiana Exit. After a stop at the BP for fuel, I road across the street to the Golden Arches to meet the rest of the group.
After chatting for a while, and trying to remember who is who, we headed out east on SR-44 towards Shelbyville. We then took SR-421 South, heading for Greensburg, Indiana. A new Honda plant caused a detour through the country, but we returned to SR-421, and went into town. Greensburg is famous for the tree that grows out of the courthouse roof. Sometime, I will do a ride just to get a picture of that.
We stayed on on SR-421 until we got to Napoleon, Indiana, where we took a quick stop.
At Napoleon, we headed further east on SR-48. This would take us into the town of Lawrenceburg, Indiana, which was famous for the Seagram's Distellery, but it now also has a big casino boat. After stopping for gas, we wandered around to find a place to eat, and settled on Gold Star Chili.
From the eatery, we made our way through Lawrenceburg, and then into Cincinatti, Ohio. We passed several bridges, and finally turned to board a ferry that would take us across the river. We rolled up on the boat, and floated our way across the river.
We were in Newport, but wondering around town, apparently our leader got a little lost. Eventually, we found a parking lot to pull into. The nice woman not only told us she would only charge for the spaces we would take, you can get four bikes in a slot, but she also took a group picture!!
It was a great Aquarium, and if you want to see all the pictures, click here
But here is a teaser:
We made our way out of town, crossed the river, and headed west on US 50. When we got to Indiana 1, we stopped for gas once again. We debated the route home, and decided that SR-46 was the best route for all of us. This would take us back to Greensburg, also.
The rest of the group pulled into a Ponderosa for dinner, but I headed on home, eventually hopping on I-74, and taking it to 465.
Comments