Today is our last day here - we are leaving first thing tomorrow morning for LittCarr Campground in Eastern Kentucky. We went out this a.m. and got fuel for the truck (much easier without the trailer in tow) and stocked up on groceries as we don't know what the grocery shopping situation will be where we are going. On the way back we took a short side trip to check out the Green River Ferry which is in the National Park and operated by the Park Service. It is one of the few regularly operating inland ferries in the US - it has roots going back to the 1800's. There is no charge to use the ferry and it can take two small cars or one medium size truck at a time. The ferry is self powered but is guided by cables on each side.
After that we took a leisurely hike on the old Mammoth Cave Railroad bed that dates back to the 1880's. It is about 10 miles long and has been converted to a hike & bike trail. We did a few miles of it the other day and did two miles today (4 miles round trip).
Part of the rail bed
The rest of the photos were taken on the hike.
Canada Goose
Bull Frog
Bull Frog
Bull Frog
Trumpet Honeysuckle
Narcissus/Daffodil - not a wild flower but they have spread along a section of the trail and are a remnant of when there were farms in the area in the late 1800's and early 1900's.
Glade Violet
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