Breaks Interstate

After having only small hills and barely a vista for thousands of miles throughout the middle of the country it was a real treat to enter the Appalachian Mountains in eastern Kentucky. The photo above was taken at Breaks Interstate Park which is on the Kentucky/Virginia border. I am told that the Appalachians used to be huge like the Alps but have crumbled over millions of years and continue to be shaped by the forces of nature, such as by the river in the above photo.

You wouldn't have guessed from the photo but at about three in the morning a big thunderstorm rolled through this area. I stayed dry in my tent but I didn't get a full nights sleep. :-(

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