Thursday, 5/23 - Natural Bridge and Red River Gorge

Thursday morning we took a hike up to the Natural Bridge, a big sandstone arch. We had to be careful on the way because There Be Bears:



Some signs will explain a lot:















Where is the wildlife? That's easy - in our back yard at home!

Dottie and I took a rest:




At the top, Poppa had to negotiate some very narrow steps:



and another Fat Man's Misery:




The top of the bridge looked like this:



and the view looked like this:




Nana waited under the bridge:




This is what it looked like under the bridge:








In the afternoon we took a drive through the Red River Gorge. Of the 25 miles, 20 of them were on a very narrow, twisty road.

Did I mention that we don't have a dinghy? A dinghy is a smaller vehicle that is towed behind the motorhome and used for side trips and excursions, especially on very narrow, twisty roads. Actually, Poppa does have a dinghy, but the motorhome was so late being delivered that there was no time to set the dinghy up for towing. So the dinghy is at home and we're driving the motorhome everywhere on this trip. Including through this 900-foot-long one-lane tunnel:




We just barely fit! It was an interesting drive, but because it was so narrow, we didn't have a chance to pull off and take many pictures.

Tomorrow we got to Jenny Wiley State Park.

- Tigger and Dottie seeing the country with Nana and Poppa