Cumberland Falls

We only had to drive an hour and a half to our next stop so a real easy run. We followed our trusty GPS but had been informed by the park staff most GPS's get it wrong so follow their directions, so we did. One thing I am mindful off is missing a turn off as its not the easiest to do a U turn when your 48 feet long, well bugger me I missed the driveway into the park!! So we had to drive another couple of miles down the road to find a spot to do a U turn and back we went again. We got to the park and set ourselves up all OK , fired up the heater and thought about what we would do over the next few days. We were the only ones in the park so Ron won't be chatting to fellow RVers.

The next day we went to Cumberland falls and did I check of what walking tracks were around, we found 2 that we were keen to do, one of 4.5 miles and one of 1.5 miles so about 9.6 Klm all up and that includes hills! We decided we would start fresh tomorrow morning giving ourselves plenty of time to appreciate the walk.

Cumberland Falls


We then went to a town called Corbin the home of KFC, this is where the Colonel opened his first shop and made his millions, he obviously did not leave many of this dollars in Corbin it's seemed like a rather modest place.

Tomorrow is thanksgiving, so in keeping with the when in Rome do as the Romans do we decided to have a roast chicken and vegies not a 20lb (9kg) turkey, so it's of to Krogers. So thanksgiving for us will be roast chicken, roast vegetables and a glass of select red wine from a box.



The next morning at 6.30 am it's still dark and I motivate Rose to get out of bed and be ready to leave by 8 am. We have breakfast of porridge and a cup of tea and we are off. It's only a short drive to the "trail head" and by 8.30 we are on our way, the first mile is all up hill! Being new to bear country we attempt to keep one step ahead of them by frequent stops to listen (catch our breath) and then keep going.




We completed our first walk and headed straight to the second one at 1.5 miles to Eagle falls, not as spectacular as Cumberland but a nice walk all the same.



Our walks completed and its back to our trailer for a hot shower and our roast dinner, the sun was warm and enjoyable, we sat and moaned to one another how sore we were but what good athletes we were. I put the Weber on and got our dinner going, poured a red wine and sat in the sun and enjoyed the rest of the afternoon.

Next morning up at a reasonable time as I wanted to visit my favourite store Camping World at Knoxville.



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