Cycling the Underground Railroad--Part 1
DAY 29: BRANDENBURG, KY TO NEW ALBANY, IN (LOUISVILLE, KY) In a Free State, but not quite free. The Brandenburg Bridge leading to Indiana (not to be confused with the Brandenburg Gate in Germany). Today was the last leg of the first half of this journey. I'm in Indiana, the 6th state on this trek. I crossed the Ohio River once again, but this time via a bridge at Brandenburg, Kentucky. "Indiana wants me..." The attitude toward "runaway slaves" was still not friendly in this part of the country, and recapture was a serious risk. They would need to go further up river to find reliable "conductors" to help them across to safety. Little road through the big woods. On this final day of this trip, the pedalling took me through forests and farmlands. Little hills (and big hills, not shown) In trying to imagine what it it might have been like to be escaping enslavement, I felt slightly "exposed" as I rode through valleys where the land had b...