One day, when Tom and I were doing living history at Cumberland Gap, two men from the General Longstreet Museum in Russellville, Tennessee stopped by. We talked to both of them for quite a while. They were preparing for the fund-raising bus tour given by the museum once a year. The younger man, the sole …
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Levitt AMP Middlesboro Music Series
One of the things we have really enjoyed about living here is attending the Levitt AMP Middlesboro Music Series. This is a series of free concerts held on Thursday nights in downtown Middlesboro. We attended six of the ten concerts this year. The Levitt AMP Middlesboro Music Series has been held every summer since 2015. …
Montgomery Grocery Store
Montgomery Grocery Store is the closest grocery store to where Tom and I are living while we work at Cumberland Gap National Historical Park. Ranger Lucas told us about it on our first day of work so we stopped by there shortly after. We have been back several times, but not usually for groceries. Montgomery …
Middlesboro, Kentucky: Crater City
Middlesboro, Kentucky, is the largest town within an hour of where Tom and I are living this summer. Fortunately, it has about 10,000 residents, so it has three grocery stores including a Walmart and a Kroger. Although I consider 10,000 people to be a good-sized small city, Middlesboro has more of a village or small-town …
Buc-ees: Gas Station on Steroids
We started hearing about Buc-ees a few years ago when we were on our way to Canaveral National Seashore in 2022. There were Buc-ees signs along the interstate for miles on either side of the new Buc-ees. We did not stop – we didn’t need gas – but I did look up what it was. …
Museum of Appalachia in Norris, Tennessee
On one of our recent days off, Tom and I traveled the hour to the Museum of Appalachia in Norris, Tennessee. We stopped by there last year, but went too late in the day to make it worth paying the admission, so we just looked around at the wonderful gift shop. When we returned we …
Going Without Television for the Summer
Tom and I are going without television for the summer. There are so many trees here at Wilderness Road Campground that we can’t get any kind of a satellite signal for our Dish TV system. We have been other places where it was difficult to get the signal, but here in Virginia it is impossible. …
Crockett Tavern in Morristown, Tennessee
Crockett Tavern in Morristown, Tennessee is a reproduction of the boyhood home of Davy Crockett. Tom and I visited there when we had to make a trip to the big box stores in Morristown. Because Fess Parker played both Daniel Boone and Davy Crockett in series on television, people often get the two historical figures …
Cumberland Gap Small Farmers Market
The town of Cumberland Gap has a Small Farmers Market every first Friday of the month. I’m not sure why they call it it small – does it describe the size of the market, the size of the farmers, or the size of the space in town? Tom and I found out about it the …
Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum
The Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum at Lincoln Memorial University in Harrogate was the final thing we did together when our friends were visiting in June. The week they visited we had lots of hikes planned. But, because it rained most days, we had to adjust our plans a little. Thursday afternoon, their last one …