Day #41 Thursday September 20

Day #41
Thursday September 20, 2007

Murray, KY to Clarksville, IN
288 miles today (22,666 - 22,954)
8,387 miles total

0 new states today
21 states total

I pulled out of Murray, KY and headed east on KY 94, heading
towards KY Lake. I have ridden this road 31 years ago many,
many times.

Later in the morning I stopped at the Jefferson Davis Memorial.
This is located between Hopkinsville and Russelville, KY. I toured
the museum and took the elevator ride to the top of the 361 ft
obelisk. Of course, I discussed motorcycles with the tour guide
when SHE brought it up.

I snaked my way down several state and county roads all the way
to Portland, TN where I found the Olhausen Pool Table factory.
I sold Olhausen tables for well over 20 years, and have installed
well over 1000 of them. They moved from Poway, CA (San Diego)
to Portland last year and I was hopeful to get a tour of the new
facility. Larry Olhausen (son of one of the founders) was there,
remembered me, and was SO KIND to take the time to give me
a short tour. It was so neat to see it compared to the old, cramped
factory. I also got to meet Sue Doyle, the marketing person, who
I have spoken with over the phone many, many times through
the years. Thank you, too, Tanya (receptionist) for your hospitality
and kindness. This is a great company, they make a great product,
and they were very responsive to me as an Olhausen dealer.
Hearing from other dealers carrying other brands, Olhausen
really "set the standard" by which all others should be measured.

I had lunch at the Flying J truck stop and had to come out of the
leathers here. It was really warming up. It would eventually
get above 93 degrees.

Later in the day, about 3PM, I stopped at the National Corvette
Museum in Bowling Green, KY. It was good to walk a while and
view a lot of neat Corvettes. I traveled further up I-65 north to
Elizabethtown and then moved off to 31W north. This led me
past Fort Knox, KY. WOW! It really is a fort! It sits on the
army base of Ft. Knox. About the time I pulled off to make a
picture I noticed the NO PARKING, NO STOPPING, NO
STANDING AT ANY TIME sign posted on the fence. Oops.

I traveled north a little longer on 31W until I could get back
to I-65 north. I crossed the Ohio River about 6:30 PM and
pulled off to the KOA in Clarksville, Indiana, just across from
Louisville, KY. Here I camped next to 3 brothers from Iowa.
They had been to the Smoky Mtns, each on their own bike.
One brother was 72, one was 76, and the oldest was 82 years
old! They were hillarious. Of course, they had lots of questions
for me. We talked quite a bit. I was late getting to bed, but
slept fair, in spite of the planes, trains AND automobiles that
were passing nearby.

Tomorrow: College friends reunited!