Day 3 morning began with waking up in my favorite hotel from our adventure last year. We were in the Lewisburg Holiday Inn Express. One of my favorite things is the beds having 2 firm pillows and 2 soft pillows. They are even marked for you! Ok, on to today. We began with a drive up to Joe Knob - what an adventure! Van 2 piled into our van, and we started the bumpy trek up the mountain. The rain began pouring, and we saw a huge lightning bolt that flashed for such a long time. That was a really amazing sight. Unfortunately we didn't get a chance to take a picture. Ok, since it was raining so much we did not get out of the vans, but we did have Dr. Mike Little in the van so he talked us through the trip up the hill. The area is a huge mountain top removal production. The company is reclaiming the land, but it is not nearly as biologically diverse as the Yellow Creek area. There is also an area called Buck Lilly Gob Piles which is full of the unused remains of the coal. He explained that there are people who work for the Department of Environmental Protection who monitor the water as their full time job. It is like a different world when you start bumping up the road and see the desolation from the removal of the mountain. Driving on the main road, people would have no idea of the changes taking place on the mountain just a few feet from the road. This was the only picture I got from this experience.
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