Miles Completed Today: 87
Total Miles Completed: 3271
Miles To Go: 529
They can taste it now, the end that is, and Sean & Pat got up early to reach and chip away at the last state, Virginia, which they should reach by the afternoon near Elkhorn City, KY. We'll have an "attitude check", i.e. energy check, once they reach Elkhorn City and decide whether to stay at Breaks Interstate Park just across the border in Va. or to proceed further and knock off a few more miles. Strangely enough, places to stay are getting stark in this area--shades of those long stretches out west.
We are definitely in coal country as mines are everywhere and big trucks constantly roll by full of coal. There's controversy here as some of the mines are just being made by chopping off the tops of mountains to reach the coal instead of "drilling" in for it. Either way though, they are getting it.
Kudzu is also more prevalent in the region, and it's fun to identify the shapes it creates as it takes over the underlying vegetation or structures. Left unchecked, it takes over entire hillsides.
Update: The guys still felt fresh in Elkhorn City, KY, so we rolled on to Council, VA just east of Breaks Interstate Park.
Today's Internet courtesy of the Pike County Public Library in Elkhorn City, KY.
(no wireless, and no USB ports on these old computers, so pictures will come later.)
2 comments:
Hey Guys,
You are doing great, but how about one century day before you finish. I know you can do it...
Hi Guys, How about 2 century days ... we need you in Honeoye Pat to help paint the peak of the house and ride around the lake with Opa haha great going, hope to see you soon. Love Oma Fitz
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