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The Ark Encounter

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 May 26 2023 Friday We got away earlier than normal and were on the road by 8 AM. We plan to drive about 75 miles to the Ark Encounter near Williamstown, Kentucky. After touring the ark we will drive about 50 miles to the west to a campground in Carrollton Kentucky.  Today's travel plans The morning went almost as planned, when we got to Lexington we had to get on the interstate. Once around the city I got off at the first exit. Our plan, which I admit is very loose, is to stay off the interstate highways and see the back roads of America. I don’t remember the exit number because I was winging it, but I remembered a country road that paralleled the interstate north.  We try to avoid big cities My decision to find the side road from memory was not a good one. The road we were on slowly narrowed the further we traveled, first too two eight-foot lanes, then one 12-foot lane and finally one lane that couldn’t have been over ten foot wide. By this time the road had many blind hills and