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The ride continued through the beautiful countryside of Kentucky with plenty of short sharp climbs to keep us sweating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n An excellent choice and only $6\/person (over 55 years old, so we both qualified this time). Both the Fort and the museum are definitely worth taking a short day for and require 2-3 hours to visit properly. There are people in period costume working at different crafts and explaining what they are doing at the same time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After checking in to our motel we went downtown to visit the local brewery and sample a bit of local ale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The 2 in the photo above are the owners and we got talking to them, great guys doing what they love <\/p>\n\n\n\n They sent us up to the Beaumont Inn for supper. <\/p>\n\n\n\n 45km. 512m ascent. 2h05 ride time Super humid and hot today but we had a short ride to get to Harrodsburg to visit the 1770s reconstructed fort there. 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