 On Thursday, May 18th, Backroads of Appalachia is partnering with Blacktop Excursions to host a bootleggers rally at Pine Mountain State Park. The event will begin at 9 a.m. at the park just south of Weizberg where dozens of street and muscle cars will rally through the hills of Appalachia. Blacktop Excursions founder Eli Pupavats gives more details. We're excited to partner with Backroads of Appalachia to put together a rally that really highlights a lot of the not only the roads but the the towns and the people in the area and you know hopefully bring a little bit of revenue and maybe a little publicity along the way to the different areas that we're going to be visiting and you know obviously have fun driving but it's you know more about bringing attention to little known areas that people don't know about so. Cancer, it's a very scary word but an outstanding treatment facility was here at home. I was led to the Lawson Cancer Center. As a nurse practitioner at the Lawson Cancer Center we are champions for our patients. I am so happy for Robert. The treatment worked. The purpose of the rally is to bring more attention to the backroads not many have heard of. The rally also supports and highlights local businesses in the area. Everybody goes through the tail of the dragon, the back of the dragon you know there's a lot of good roads but a lot of people don't know that. I definitely say Kentucky is almost like the hidden gem of you know the Appalachians that a lot of people don't know what they're missing so it's always you know I know Backroads of Appalachia has done a lot of work to promote the area so we just do our little bit you know do an event and you know make a little bit of an impact at least. Huge shout out to Backroads of Appalachia for putting their app together and bringing awareness to the area because if it wasn't for them there's a lot of the roads we wouldn't even know about and we pride ourselves on you know finding a new place to go and you know the impact that they're having bringing jobs to the area and you know it's it's just a good thing for everybody. Reporting for Mountain Top News, I'm Nick Colum.