Making our first trip to the mid-LBL since the bride repair in Aurora, Kentucky, we (Minnie Mouse and myself) completed some hard core biking on unpaved bike trails on Labor Day 2012. We had biked the paved trail on the far east end of the LBL running along Highway 68/80. Our day was difficult with the nearly constant rain and drizzle. When the sun did come out the humidity went up.
We drove to the Visitor's Center which at the intersection of Highway 68/80 and the Trace. Minnie Mouse and I walked around to verify the trail head and after discussion with a hiker, we found the trail head. We went back to the truck, off loaded the bikes, grabbed a bag that contained water and ponchos we headed east along the trail. The trail was tough with many elevation changes and turns. Minnie Mouse found out the hard way the difficult terrain by wrecking twice. After completing all the caches on the east trail, we had lunch at the Visitor's Center and walked to two caches on the west trail. We ended the caching trip with two caches on Jenny Ridge. One of those caches completed a statistic that I have been working for over 2 years, in which I have found a career of finding caches hidden by 1,000 hiders.
We plan to return to the west section of the trail later in the Fall. We are know armed with more experience and knowledge of the area and terrain. After discussion with bikers on the trail, we completed the most difficult trail and the west section will be much easier.
Caches found on the trail found today:
LBL Greenway Trail East @ the Rocks
LBL Greenway Trail East - Micro#1
LBL Greenway Trail East - "Seven"
LBL Greenway Trail East - Micro#2
LBL Greenway Trail East - Intersection Micro
LBL Greenway Trail East - My Olympus
LBL Greenway Trail East - Halfway to Olympus
LBL Greenway Trail East - US 68 Overlook
LBL Greenway Trail West @ the Trace
LBL Greenway Trail West - NS Micro
