That’s exactly where we were thinking about ;) My driving trip ends going through Danville KY and then over to Bristol, VA. Either of those areas seem ideal - from internet research and not seeing them! Figure going there in August would give me a good idea what the humidity/temperature is like at its worst.
Cave system? I’ll need to check that out. Interesting idea. Do you mean geocaching or storing stuff for survival times?
Danville’s ok - but a little depressed economically, which could work to your advantage. Check out Mt. Vernon or Brodhead in Rockcastle County - those are some pretty sweet (and remote) areas to buy land. Laurel Co has some nice areas too. Jackson and Hazard Co are very remote, to the point of being backwoods. Basically any of the counties off of the I-75 corridor are good, provided to go about 15-30 miles off the highway. Remote, but still have access to main travel artery.
I mean storing stuff for survival times. A very extensive cave network runs under a lot of southern/central KY. I have friends in Mt. Vernon that discovered a cave entrance in their 10 acre plot of land. Cave stretches back sever hundred yards, and is not easy to get to (ie, hard for govt. officials to find).