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June 26th 2004 (Sat)

Elk Garden United Methodist Church through to Breaks Interstate Park. Quite a hilly day, lots of going up, coming down, repeat, etc. Wooded Appalachian countryside. Stopped after 43 miles because Breaks looked lovely. Pitched tent amidst the trees, put tent up to dry it out and then went for a swim in the unheated swimming pool. Deliciously cool, and with diving boards, hooray! On the way to Breaks we passed Matt, who is going to run c. 43 miles today! Photo taken - but I couldn't easily upload it at the time since the average library computer was carefully defended against USB cables. Look at that baby stroller above! Apparently people tell Matt off because he shouldn't be taking his baby for a run on a main road! Well, the baby stroller contains nothing but provisions and clothes, so they ease off. Tried to get the piece that's missing from the cycle computer when we were in Damascus. Failed - they had one, but it was a dummy, for display only from the manufacturers. Fate seems to be teasing me! First an empty box in Radford, now a dummy version in Damascus. Expected to see visions on the way to Damascus, just saw road, trees and warm sunshine; oh, and a great deal of lawn mowing - on sit upon mowers. Should the mowing industry decline, mass unemployment would surely hit Virginia. As you can see from the picture, Breaks Interstate Park, right on the border between Virginia and Kentucky, is very very scenic. The river winds around in a sort of gorge - thickly wooded hills add to the delights of walking and camping.

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