We recently took two trips from Bowling Green, KY to Murray, KY. The directions are easy: take KY 68/80 westward. In Bowling Green, KY 68/80 is called Russellville Road. Follow it to the edge of town. Go straight through Rockfield. At Russellville you can take the bypass or not. It's about the same either way. The first time we went it was raining but the second trip was sunny enough to make a stop in Fairview worthwhile to see the Jefferson Davis Monument. There is a small graveyard at the base of the monument. The effect of a 351 foot tall concrete spire rising up from the center of this tiny farming community is stunning and surreal. We passed through downtown Hopkinsville. Then you cross a narrow bridge to a huge National Recreation Area called Land Between the Lakes, an inland peninsula formed when the Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers were impounded to create Kentucky Lake and Lake Barkley. Turn left onto KY 94 and it's just a few more miles until you cross the tracks and arrive in downtown Murray.
Posted by Charles on April 6, 2003 07:08 PM
