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New quilt barn at Willis Farm on Bull Run Road The new barn decoration is another reason to take a day trip up Bull Road Road and Bull Run Lane, and back down again. Daytrip suggestion below Photo will be posted later By Ed Waggener Bruce and Sheila Willis have added a quilt pattern to their farm on Bull Run Road.The farm is located at the one mile marker from the KY 206 entrance to this fabulously Scenic Adair County Highway. No one can miss it, with its bright red roofed buildings and farmhouse. CM be publishing a photograph of the barn as soon as we get it. The farm itself is a photographer's dream as well as a great challenge. Always one of Bull Run's prettiest, the Willises have made the farm an unforgettable showplace. DAYTRIP: Take a left immediately past the Russell Creek Bridge on KY 206. Drive as slowly as is safe and as other traffic will allow. Watch for the Joe L. "Frank Lloyd" Barbee showplace on the left before Bull Run Creek Bridge. Just past the bridge, see one of the county's most whimsically named roads, Chickadee Lane on the left, and, on the right, Bull Run Creek. Follow the road to the one mile marker for the picture postcard Willis farm. Just beyond, on the left, is Tucker's Station Farms and the picturesque old barn with its drystone masonry foundation. At the foot of the next hill, turn right onto Bull Run Lane, which takes one to KY 206 again, at Vester, and the headwaters of Bull Run Creek. Bull Run Lane takes you through a cedar lined lane, with pastures, bridges, and old homes which make the short county road one of the most beautiful in the county. For a quick route back to town, take scenic KY 206. But for a complete different look, double back down Bull Run Lane and see it in a whole different light, turn left on Bull Run Road, and watch, again, for the Willis Farm. It's incredibly beautiful either way. WATERSHED NOTE: When Bull Run empties into the mighty Russell Creek after a cloudburst, it can be ferocious. This trip will give insight as to why. The fall is over 300 feet in its three mile length. Its drainage area is vast. Besides this visible watershed, there is, behind the Willis Farm, the entrance to Reynold's Cave, where water from a huge area of the Garlin Community courses underground through a sinkhole on a Mike Hatcher farm, and runs underground to Reynolds' Cave's entrance on Bull Run. WATCH FOR CYCLISTS: The road is best seen on foot, by bicycle or motorbike. If your travel necessitates use of a larger vehicle, watch for pedestrians and cyclists. The roads have already been discovered by Lindsey Wilson cycling team and community. Your patience will improve their safety and give the added benefit of a slower look at Bull Run. Please use a Contact/Submit button to send additions, corrections, and, hint hint, photographs of this Adair County natural and historic wonder. The Willis farm has made dramatic use of red roofs in such a way that it makes one wonder why any farmstead would choose any other. If you know of other places in Adair County where red roofs are the theme, let us know. As wonderful as the quilt barn idea is, for our money, red roofs and black green cedars say "Adair County," as much as anyhing. -CM. This story was posted on 2008-08-11 04:14:19
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