Breaks Interstate Park is called the “Grand Canyon of the South”. It is the largest canyon east of the Mississippi River, five miles long and 1600 feet deep. The park is administered by the states of Virginia and Kentucky. The Catawba rhododendron blooms and interesting rock formations were absolutely magnificent.

Lilley Cornett Woods contains that largest preserved remnant of old-growth forest in eastern Kentucky. In the southern Appalachians, old-growth forests have many large trees over 200 years old, many trees with substantial commercial value like white oaks, trees of all ages and sizes, and little or no evidence of human disturbance.

The phrase “made in China” is now meaningful to me.