From Happy Trails

Blacksmiths Depot in Candler, NC

On our way to Asheville, Tom and I swung by Candler, North Carolina to visit Blacksmiths Depot.  Tom has been a blacksmith at different national park sites since 2017 when we worked at San Juan Island English Camp.  Most of the time, he has to build a bellows and furnish his own equipment.  Over time …

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Maysville, Kentucky

Tom and I recently visited Maysville, Kentucky on our journey back to Ohio for my cancer surgery.  We try to find one interesting or historical place to stop each time we travel back to Ohio, to give us something new to see. Maysville, Kentucky is a small city – about 9,000 people – on the …

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Cheryl and Scott Giddens, Visitors

The first week of July Tom and I had some very special visitors, Cheryl and Scott Giddens.  They were our first out-of-town visitors and they came all the way from South Carolina.  Well, actually, they live in South Carolina and they were sort of on the way from being in western Virginia for a show.  …

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Fun Three Days in Ohio

Tom and I had a fun three days on our “weekend” back in Ohio.  We weren’t really home for much of that time, but we got everything done on our to-do list. We drove up to Ohio on Tuesday morning and afternoon.  We decided to take a back way, missing Cincinnati.  Although Cincinnati is a …

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Triple Falls and Cove State Park

Tom and I always ask the rangers about their favorite places to go.  Recently Ranger Layton told us his favorite hiking place is Triple Falls in Tennessee.  He lives in Speedwell, Tennessee, so he isn’t far from Triple Falls. Triple Falls is a man-made waterfall on Bruce Creek.  When I-75 was built through this part …

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Morning Walk at Cumberland Gap

I am continuing my morning walk, at least on the mornings that I don’t work.  We started at Cumberland Gap National Historical Park on May 16, so we now have three weeks under our belts. I love to get out for a morning walk first thing.  I get up, shower, have breakfast and do my …

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