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With that being said, there were lots of trees there, which made it much more visually pleasing than Kansas. The hills were also gentler than those in Missouri and Illinois, with the exception of one monstrous one in eastern Kentucky.
It was 10% grade for a solid 2 miles. I ended up walking up a bit of it. It seemed like they had just done a shitty job of planning out their switchbacks.
The main industries seemed to be agriculture and coal. The morning mists made for some really pretty scenery.
