After leaving Massachusetts we drove 2 1/2 days to get to Lexington Kentucky for The Bourbon Burn. The Burn is a 3 day biking event with bourbon distilleries along the bike routes. While I don’t ride, I do volunteer. The evenings are for dinner, bourbon tastings, and live music. Usually, that is.
We arrived Wednesday afternoon and set up camp under a beautiful big oak tree. Thursday there were concerns about weather for Friday as Hurricane Helene moved north. Fridays ride was canceled and the evening events were moved to a more sheltered location.
Friday morning it had rained all night and we decided to head to a Waffle House for breakfast and coffee instead of trying to cook under a 4x6 awning
When we returned we saw huge branches from the beautiful big oak tree on our neighbors truck and camper Then we saw our campsite
By a miracle only the awning was damaged One branch was less than an inch from the bikes Gigi the camper was undamaged, and of course we had the truck with us when it happened
Staff from the Kentucky Horse Park and our camping neighbor Rodney came to help us move our stuff out of our campsite.
This is Heather, a rock star at keeping us safe and helping out Thanks so much Heather!!
We packed up all our wet gear (except for the awning frame) and headed to a hotel Even driving 5 miles in the winds was a white knuckle experience
So we are warm and dry and tomorrow we head home a few days early We had a fabulous trip and we are grateful for the many experiences and stories we have.
Thanks for joining us on the road with Got Bliss?.
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