The "Breaks" is a state park shared by Virginia and Kentucky. Its official name is Breaks Interstate Park. Ty and I visited there after the Coalfield Sheep Association Sale in Clintwood, Virginia.
Breaks Interstate Park
Mill Rock Point Overlook
1660 feet
Most of the park's overlooks could be reached via relatively short downhill hikes. It was a beautiful day, but hot and sticky, so I left Ty in the car (with the air conditioner on) a few times. We did one longer hike, through the woods and down towards a lake. It wasn't very scenic. I thought I could find a place for Ty to go into the water, but I couldn't. He had to wait until the next day to get wet.
The Breaks is one of the deepest, most scenic gorges in the eastern US. The name is derived from the break in Pine Mountain created by the Russell Fork of the Big Sandy River as it carved a 1000-foot deep gorge on its way to join the Ohio River. It is called the "Grand Canyon of the South," due to its views.
My hiking buddy
Rock Outcrop
Another panorama
Virginia Love Sign
We stayed in Bluefield (WV) for the night, adjacent to a cemetery. The tombstones looked like sheep grazing in the dark. There was a big field where I could walk Ty. He was alerted to noises in the hotel's dumpster. I was told the next morning that is was the "resident" bear. We shared the motel with horse buyers. I had breakfast with one in the morning.