Video Trip to Cumberland Gap, TN
We were taking a look at the cliffs surrounding the great passageway from western Virginia and North Carolina which led into the Cumberland Gap of Tennessee and then further into southeastern Kentucky. The Gap was filled with old growth forest craggly cliffs, and wild animals. The path that winds through the valley was not very wide, sometimes only signified by a debit chopped into trees to keep the travelors on track. Numerous potentially new settlers to the region were killed by Indians when traveling through this rugged and dangerous region.
This video shows the passageway more clearly. BTW the white mushrooms do not turn yellow. The perspective for taking the video is taken from the "Heights" above the Cumberland Gap, where during the American Civil War artillery was emplaced as a deterent for Confederate raiding forces from entering into the neutral Commonwealth of Kentucky which was occupied by Federal Forces for most of the war.
This video shows the beautiful native Mountain Laurel which was in full bloom when we visited the park. Pocahontas had never seen this plant before! I think that she is much prettier because she blooms year round...
Here is the perfect picture of having yourself in "two different states of mind!"