Day 3

The drive to Kentucky was longer than predicted as I discovered my truck will really not do more than 75 miles per hour (the speedometer goes up to 80). By the time I left I-40 to head north, night had fallen and the trickiest navigation through the least familiar territory became slightly trickier. To abate fatigue, deer had done me the service of posting up by the road, sometimes threatening even to cross lest I appear less than alert. Just over the state line, New Concord (pronounced: "con-cord" not "conquered") was my stopping point on the only slightly developed shore of Kentucky Lake. It was 10 p.m. I left at noon. Sleep came at midnight.

The second day began at 6 a.m. "Jungle Bob" was our guide and he proved to be an interesting and adept stripe of local culture. Drew and I accompanied him onto the aforementioned lake and piddled around with the notion of bass fishing. Note: I go fishing once per year, tops.. but after an expert reminds me how to properly work a reel and tie those knots, I was having fun! Even if you couldn't pay a fish to bite... Alas the idea of trot-line fishing proved more bountiful. Basically a heavy line intermittently hooked, baited, and anchored is left over night tied to a floating buoy/red plastic jug. The next morning, all sizes of catfish and even a small striped bass were patiently waiting for harvest. One was too big and ugly, but the rest were good enough to watch Bob masterfully disassemble once we made it back to Murray.
Lime stone stacks.. notes on geology and history of river and LBL
Cleaning the fish, the carnage threatened to overturn my stomach but only by combination of the smell and the sight, but the masterful efficiency of an expert was soothing.
The shrimp reached their destination happily. My gamble on their preservation was a success, but I will not be repeating the trucker's escapade if I can avoid it.

Interesting sights and topics I hope to explore further soon:
Bootleggery
Farms
Tobacco.
Lack of racial strife in Murray compared to what is familiar in Baton Rouge