Cloudland Tour, Day 5 and 6
After a long drive from Georgia, I'm back at one my favorite biking areas, the Land Between the Lakes Recreation Area.
 |
| Lake Barkley Bridge Lean |
 |
| LBL Lean |
 |
| Perfect Lunch Spot on Kentucky Lake |
 |
| The working conditions must have brutal. No wonder the furnace crew revoted. |
 |
| It's bad luck to run over a snake! Got lost twice |
LBL jeep trails are beautiful, but slow going. This ride was over 6 hours.
 |
| Energy Lake Campground, site C5, very nice! |
 |
| Energy Lake Sunset Lean |
Mona called me to ask that I collect rocks for a decorations Lauren's wedding. A variation on a wedding wishing tree, the idea was guests would write their wedding well-wishes on rocks. And I needed to collect 200 rocks suitable for the wishes.
 |
| LBL Rocks |
 |
| The rock idea was cancelled, but not before I collected 200 rocks! |
 |
| LBL Route |
The next day I was headed home, but not before stopping for a quickie on the Tunnel Hill Trail. I had ridden from Stonefort to Tunnel Hill back in 2017 and I wanted to complete the southern part of the trail.
Tunnel Hill Trail
 |
| The rain had started |
On the way back, is started to rain so I gave up once I reached the van. That leaves a ten mile segment between Vienna to Breeden Trestle and everything north of Stonefort left undone.
 |
| Vienna to Wetlands Center |
 |
| I put the wedding rocks to good use |
- Date: 2022-04-14
- State: Kentucky
- Route: LBL, Forest Road 170 (near Colson Overlook) to Ginger Bay and back using Pryor Creek Road
- Distance: 34 miles
- Date: 2022-04-15
- State: Illinois
- Route: Tunnel Hill Trail, Vienna, IL to Wetlands Center (rained on return)
- Distance: 27 miles
