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Day trip: Old Montpelier Road for a giant mushroom By Linda Waggener Ada Coffey called in a report of a giant mushroom discovery on Old Montpelier Road in Adair County, KY on the property of Earl and Marilyn Coffey. In true Columbia Magazine spirit, Ada knew that no matter what else was going on in the world at large, this would be breaking news here. She, being of known good character as one who would never exaggerate the truth, I believed her, shooed the cats off the Honda and took to the road. Amazing mushroom pictures accompany this story - complete with the giant mushroom measurements. If you'd like to see the countryside, here are a few more details for a slow, scenic drive to observe the kind of terrain on which a giant mushroom might grow. It is highly recommended as a nice half-day trip if you let yourself wander. To get to Old Montpelier Road, go a few miles down Hwy 55 south from Columbia, the center of the universe, then take a left on Hwy 92, also called Montpelier Road. It's a backroad from Adair to Russell County that will eventually get you to Lake Cumberland. After your left turn off Hwy 55, don't confuse the winding country Hwy 92/Montpelier Road with the really winding left hand turn you'll need to make onto "Old" Montpelier Road. To know you've made it onto the right road, make sure you cross Cabin Fork Creek on the new Old Montpelier Road bridge shortly after making the second left. After you cross the CFC bridge, you'll meander cautiously up, up, up and around the hills above Montpelier proper, through some of the most beautiful farmland in the area. Once you start down hill again you will be heading back to the T where you reconnect with Montpelier Road/Hwy 92. A left will take you into Russell County and what could become a full day trip. A right will take you back to connect with Hwy 55 and Columbia. And now for that breaking news that gave reason for this particular visit. Earl Coffey was doing daily chores on his tractor when he spotted what looked like a possible dead animal in the grasses at the edge of Coffeygrounds Farm woods that lead down to Cabin Fork Creek. He drove closer, thinking it might be a light colored dead dog, but then on close inspection, he discovered the biggest mushroom he'd ever seen. His wife Marilyn looked at the huge white mushroom and totally agreed, biggest ever. His brother Joe and Joe's wife Ada who live next door also agreed, Earl had found a record size mushroom. Joe took exacting tools and documented the mushroom's measurements for the record - it's 62 inches around/circumference, 7.5 inches tall and 16.5 inches across/width. Surprisingly, Earl said the mushroom is really light weight for something that size, possibly two and a half pounds at the most. It had looked to Earl at first glance like it could have been a dead dog in the grass. After 24 hours without its roots, witnesses thought the mushroom smelled pretty much like a dead dog, too. So with that, Earl said the giant mushroom will be returned to the good land of Coffeygrounds Farm. Click here to read more about Montpelier, KY including history by JIM and a photo of the old post office and store by Larry Smith before it was torn down in recent months. This story was posted on 2020-09-26 14:33:52
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