To finish off the National Park sites close to us, Tom and I stopped by Stones River National Battlefield on our way from Mammoth Cave back to Cumberland Gap.  We had been to Stones River National Battlefield before, but we were there before the Passport program started in 1986, so I didn’t have the stamp. …

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After our visit to Abraham Lincoln’s birthplace, Tom and I headed south to Mammoth Cave National Park.  I had never been there, but Tom said he had been a couple of times.  Nevertheless, I had to get the stamp, so I had to go there. We signed up for a Historic Cave Tour as soon …

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Tom and I continued our exploration of Kentucky by heading to Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park.  Whenever we are working at a National Park site, we try to see all the other National Park sites in the state.  It doesn’t always work out, because some of the sites can be pretty far away.  But …

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On July 15, Tom and I worked at the Tri-State Outdoor Fest in Cumberland Gap.  I mentioned before that Cumberland Gap is a little town that is trying to be a tourist draw to the area.  They host special events several times during the summer, including the Small Farmers Market that I wrote about last …

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Every morning when I take my walk, I come across one or two yellow and black flat-backed millipedes.  I don’t remember ever encountering these arthropods before but I have enjoyed watching them wander across the road.  Just in case you aren’t up on your nomenclature, arthropods possess an exoskeleton, a segmented body, and paired jointed appendages. In order to …

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In our continuing quest to visit all the National Park sites, Tom and I made a trip to visit Camp Nelson National Monument.  Camp Nelson is located in Nicholasville, Kentucky, southwest of Lexington.  It took us a couple of hours to drive up to it.  The site is one of the newest in the National …

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Tom and I moved from our full hook-up site on June 28 to an electric only site.  I thought I would give you a campground update on how I feel about living at the Wilderness Road Campground. As I mentioned before, Tom and I usually get a full hook-up site when we work in the …

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While we are at Cumberland Gap National Historical Park, my main duty is living history.  When we first got here, the rangers all seemed to assume that Tom and I would spend every day doing living history.  Living history is fine and Tom has several talks that he can give.  But my living history program …

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Next to the Visitors Center at Cumberland Gap National Historical Park is a Fitness Trail.  The trail is two miles long and meanders through the area behind the Visitors Center, through Bartlett Park, and around the parking lot. The second day Tom and I reported for work here at Cumberland Gap, we walked the Fitness …

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Mice ate my handwoven towels!  I had three towels left from my last batch.  The others had all been gifted to the wonderful rangers we work with here at Cumberland Gap National Historical Park.  Ranger Layton, the Volunteer Coordinator, was the only one who hadn’t gotten a towel yet.  On the one day we worked …

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