Coastal Dash 2012 Travelogue – Part 4

This is the fourth and final installment of photos from last summer’s trip to the coast. (You can also see Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3.)

When I visited with my family in eastern Kentucky, we drove up to Breaks Park, which is located in the mountains along the Kentucky/Virginia border. I got a few pictures on that trip.

To start with, we’re in the mountains, so constructing anything larger than an outhouse means hauling away some part of a hillside to make a flat spot. It wasn’t unusual to see equipment like this articulated dump truck, designed for hauling heavy loads over uneven terrain.

I don’t know what these are, but I just liked the picture.

Once we got into Breaks Park, I began trying to take pictures of the woods. It loses something in the translation to 2-D, though.

We ate at the Lodge, where I got some nice shots of my Uncle Hagan.

Then it was back to wandering the park. The most interesting shots were at an overlook into a deep valley.

I was able to find the location of this next shot on Google Maps. If you rotate the view around, you can see the platform I stood on to get some of these pictures.

And here’s a rail bridge we passed on the way back.