On a recent Thursday, Tom and I went to the Daniel Boone Festival in Barbourville. Although we have driven by Barbourville many times, we had never really visited the town, and this was our chance to do so. Most festivals are held on the weekends, when we are working. The Daniel Boone Festival is an …
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Karen Graham Comes to Visit
I am very blessed to have good friends, such as Karen Graham. Karen recently came to visit Tom and me at Cumberland Gap. This is the second time she has visited us here. It helps that her sister lives in Middlesboro, giving her an additional (and possibly better) reason to visit. This time she traveled …
Brown County Historical Markers
Tom and I have been back and forth to Ohio four times this summer to spend time with my mom. In order to break up the drive and give us something interesting to see, we spent time on some of the drives looking for Brown County historical markers. I have already written about the markers …
Gray Fossil Site and Museum
A couple of weeks ago, Tom and I visited the Gray Fossil Site and Museum in eastern Tennessee. Ranger Lucas suggested it, thinking we might find it interesting. He was right! The Gray Fossil Site is an Early Pliocene assemblage of fossils dating between 4.5 and 4.9 million years old, located near the community of Gray. The site was discovered during road …
Accommodating Age
Tom and I were in Ohio this week, largely because our society is not very accommodating of age. I feel it somewhat as I get older. When you go to some doctors, they discount your pain because it is “normal” in aging. When you call a help line, especially about technology, they act like you …
Kentucky Artisan Center in Berea
On our way back from Ohio last month, Tom and I stopped at the Kentucky Artisan Center in Berea. We had driven by many times but decided to stop and look around. The center is about 90 minutes from Cumberland Gap so it was a good place to stop and stretch our legs and visit …
Going Away Party for Ranger Kymberlyn
We’ve had a bunch of going away parties in July. Volunteers Pat and Trish left just after the 4th of July. Then volunteer April left to return to Minnesota on July 20th. The rangers always spring for pizza when a volunteer leaves and Tom and I make sure we are in attendance. Just before the …
Downtown Knoxville, Tennessee
On a recent day off, Tom and I headed to downtown Knoxville, Tennessee. Although we have been to Knoxville many times, it was usually to one of the big box stores on the edges of Knoxville. Several of the rangers had suggested good things to see downtown, so Tom and I decided to make it …
You Can’t Get There from Here
Last week Tom and I tried to get from our house to the grocery store. It turns out, you can’t get there from here. Or, at least, not on the day we were trying. Or the way we were trying. They shut down the road we live off of several weeks ago. We knew it …
Mom’s 90th Birthday Bash
My mom celebrated her 90th birthday on Monday, June 15. The day before that, June 14, the family got together to celebrate her 90th birthday with her. It was the first celebration without my dad and we missed him. But we also enjoyed celebrating all of Mom’s years with her. We started with meeting at …