{"id":217,"date":"2010-06-08T17:53:43","date_gmt":"2010-06-08T21:53:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.caskeys.com\/dc\/?p=217"},"modified":"2017-02-23T14:22:02","modified_gmt":"2017-02-23T19:22:02","slug":"off-road-action-close-to-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.caskeys.com\/dc\/off-road-action-close-to-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Off Road Action, Close to Home"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday (2010-06-07) I returned to my hometown of Morehead to run some errands, and decided to take a little detour on my way back.<\/p>\n

A couple of years ago one of the valleys on Divide Hill was blasted and bulldozed in a failed development. Those who live in the Morehead area see the front portion of this nearly every day. It’s right on the I-64 connector and adorned with a lot sign in what has to be the most pitiful attempt at expense recuperation I have ever seen. But ugly as it is from the main road, I venture that few know just how silly the whole project was.<\/p>\n

What you see from the highway is in reality just a tip of the proverbial iceberg. Over the first rise an area nearly the size of downtown Morehead has been blasted into the hills, going so deep it connects with the next hollow. Just think mountain top removal, except without the coal.<\/p>\n

It’s a sad case of destruction for nothing, but does make for a quick access off road run and provides another perspective of the area once you reach the top. I’ve been up it many times, but always at night or in low visibility conditions, most recently during the last big snow. This was the first time I could get some decent pictures.<\/p>\n