On Thursday, we drove to
Pikeville, KY - "the city that moves mountains" - to visit with Charley's sister, Jean. The cut-
thru project shown here is the largest engineering feat in the U.S., and second in the world only to the Panama canal. It started in 1973, and finished in 1987 at a cost of over $77 million.
To view the "cut
thru" you stand in a cage overlooking the city. It was spooky, suspended out in mid-air on the side of a cliff.
The project diverted over 600, 000 cubic yards of dirt, to eliminate flooding from the Big Sandy River.
Friday evening, we drove over the new highway to South Williamson. I was looking for batteries for my camera, so we stopped into a little mall. Surprise - they had a band playing in the center of the mall, so we stopped to enjoy a free concert.
Check out the size of this guy's bass.
The concerts are a regular Friday night event. Some brought their clogging shoes. Feel free to get up and dance.
My new best friends. On the way back over to my chair, the guy in the back said, "Hey, take our picture". So I did. He said, "Well let us see it." I showed it to them and remarked, "Now there's a handsome group!" They agreed.
On Thursday, we drove to Pikeville, KY - "the city that moves mountains" - to visit with Charley's sister, Jean. The cut-thru project shown here is the largest engineering feat in the U.S., and second in the world only to the Panama canal. It started in 1973, and finished in 1987 at a cost of over $77 million. 
To view the "cut thru" you stand in a cage overlooking the city. It was spooky, suspended out in mid-air on the side of a cliff.
The project diverted over 600, 000 cubic yards of dirt, to eliminate flooding from the Big Sandy River.
Friday evening, we drove over the new highway to South Williamson. I was looking for batteries for my camera, so we stopped into a little mall. Surprise - they had a band playing in the center of the mall, so we stopped to enjoy a free concert.
Check out the size of this guy's bass.
The concerts are a regular Friday night event. Some brought their clogging shoes. Feel free to get up and dance. 
My new best friends. On the way back over to my chair, the guy in the back said, "Hey, take our picture". So I did. He said, "Well let us see it." I showed it to them and remarked, "Now there's a handsome group!" They agreed.
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Have to put that cage experiece on our list.
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