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Daniel Boone National Forest: Paragon dispersed camping sites

 

Rocky Shoreline along the Licking River

StringGrrl 5.0 & 4.3
On occasion, when work needs me someplace other than home or local office a road trio is necessary. Generally, any distance i can drive in 5 hours is just as convenient to drive to as it is to fly. Flying requires following someone else's timetable, getting to the airport, getting from airport to customer site, dealing with "airport people" (who are the worst), and is generally a soul-sucking endevor.  Driving is my preference with driving early or late enough that camping on the way just makes sense. A visit to Toyota in KY opened up the opportunity for some dispersed camping in the Daniel Boone National Forest.
phone photography fails to capture just how magic the sky actually appeared

Pulling into the riverside dispersed campsite by headlamp is pretty awesome

After dropping of critical and delicate equipment with my host at Toyota, I drove about an hour east from Georgetown to Morehead Kentucky, where I could enter the forest and find easy to access "dispersed camping" in the national forest. Dispersed camping is often free or very inexpensive, with no reservation system and first-come-first-served style of campsite claim. Be the first person there and you have a site. 

Home for 2 nights before heading to Toyota Motor Manufacturing in Georgetown KY

One of my favorite beers from MI came down with me for the trip

There is a hammock (free standing) underneath that highly necessary rainfly

A nice dry place to rest for 2 evenings

The end of the line

another dead-end

Paddling supplies picked up in Cinncinati on the way down from MI

my traditional canoe coffee brewing


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