White diamonds bearing the image of a turtle mark the trail route. Trail junctions may also be marked with the national recreation trail symbol as shown on the map.

Hiking is allowed on the entire trail. The terrain is mostly rugged, so be prepared for strenuous travel in some areas. Horses, mountain bikes and off-highway vehicles less than 50 inches wide are permitted, but only on sections designated for those uses. Trail signs will indicate use permitted.

To be honest, I didn’t see the “mostly rugged” until after our first hike! And that can now describe the trails we are experiencing here in the Daniel Boone Forest (we will continue on into it in our next location).

It’s very small parking area, we guessed only three cars could fit. We’re here on a Friday, so we were alone.  We returned on Saturday and sure enough, we were the third car to arrive. We parked so others could come of leave, but certainly no one else would park here until someone left. We were surprised when we returned and saw we were nearly blocked in as a truck also squeezed next to us!

Bill has such a knack for picking trails with a “reward” as we call it. This trail led us to a suspension bridge after about three miles. According to what he read, it wasn’t worth it to go much farther if just in for a good but short hike.

We started the steep descent down the trail, remembering only after we were down it for about 1/10th of a mile, we always prefer to go up hills first, and then down on the way back if possible!  But we are adventurers so we just kept on going down and down and down….but according to my All Trails app, it said we only went down 346′ in a mile and 1/2. That’s not all that bad but it didn’t take into consideration, the trail was rocky, narrow and slanted! Note in this picture:

The trail on the descent down. Note how nice to see a “blaze.” We’ll miss that once we go on our next hike in the Red River Gorge.

In an effort to keep this short, here is a slide show of a few interesting photos. If you want to see more pictures, click here.

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To be honest, after this hike, we were zapped – the humidity! But we knew we were going to take Sunday off, so we returned to the Sheltowee Trace Trail the next day. I went over to walk it a few 100 feet to check it out before we left on Friday. It looked more level but sadly no rewards were noted. Just exercise so we just enjoyed a “walk in the park.” Even if it meant we had to cross a highway, Kentucky 80.

Our stats from All Trails App. While it seemed flat, I guess it was a bit up and down. But it was so much easier to hike as the trail was flat.

Here are just a few pictures in a slide show below:

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This trail had four little streams we had to cross over. Only one was muddy and harder to cross than the others. But we didn’t let it deter us. Our shoes were only slightly muddy by the time we got back to the car.

We really enjoyed our time in London and the Sheltowee Trace Trail and we will continue on it in our next stop, in Slade, Kentucky, home of the Red River Gorge! But we really ended on a great note, so if you’d like to read a short post about the church service we attended on Sunday, July 10, 2016, click here, which was perfect in the midst of all the turmoil in not only our country, but the world.

Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, nor let it be fearful. (John 14:27)

Quoting from Grace To You: “The peace Jesus is speaking of enables believers to remain calm in the most wildly fearful circumstances. It enables them to hush a cry, still a riot, rejoice in pain and trial, and sing in the middle of suffering. This peace is never by circumstances, but instead affects and even overrules them.” Amen!