Day 7: (Haysi, VA to Hindman, KY)

Total mileage: 76!

Breaks interstate park

Our route today took us bright and early from Haysi through Breaks Interstate Park. The view from the top of the mountain was gorgeous: a clay-reddened river twisting between jagged foggy peaks.

Taking a break at the Breaks

Sinja and her sexy safety vest

After the climb, we stopped for breakfast at a dinner in Elkhorn City, on the recommendation of a helpful stranger. Alix ordered lots of food, Sonja ate vegetables (etc.) from the grocery store next door :) 

Alix in front of the awesome diner

The food took some time to get to our table, but the atmosphere was quite pleasant - lots of friendly characters to keep us entertained! When we (finally) got up to leave, we found out that the stranger from earlier had already paid for the food. People are apparently wonderful in Kentucky, too!

Our day continued with three big climbs and a few smaller ones as well. We were pretty tired by the time we rolled in to the Save-a-lot this evening, where we purchased 2lbs of carrots, canned beans, canned tomatoes, a giant can of turnip greens, a block of cheese, a large jar of pickles, and two bananas for $8. Can't beat those prices! (Although we're getting pretty fond of the Dollar General as well). (Note: like Dollar Gs, pickles are becoming a regular habit of ours - we seem to be consuming at least one jar every day. We think this is a safe and healthy obsession.)

A solid and somewhat successful attempt to fix Alix's gears finished out the day. In any case, we know more about bikes than we did two hours ago. 

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