Dennis Dixon is heading West!: Fall 2018, Day 41 - Berea College Museum of Art, Cumberland Gap

Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018 - Art (Berea College Museum of Art) and Exploration (Cumberland Gap) = 484 miles driving:

I had a nice chat with a couple at breakfast. They were heading up to Ohio to see their grandchildren. When I told them my plans, the woman said she grew up near Cumberland Gap (Pineville), and the man reminded me about losing an hour with the Time Zone change just east of here.

It was a nice drive through Kentucky, and I reached the Doris Ullman Galleries (the Museum of Art at Berea College) a little after 10 AM:

I had stopped by Berea College a year ago, but their galleries were closed at that time. So this year I called ahead - YES, the Thomas Moran is up:

Thomas Moran - "The Cliff Dwellers", 1899

I was in stop-and-go traffic down I-75 South:

(Wendy showed me the "mirror trick".)

By 2 PM I was down at the Cumberland Gap National Historic Park:

They have a great little Visitor Center:

After asking, I drove up the twisty-turny Skyland Road to Pinnacle Overlook (Fort Lyon is above it):

Although the Fort Lyon site is higher, it has more trees around it. The Overlook is out by itself:

I then headed back the road to another parking area, and climbed up through the Cumberland Gap:

Me and Daniel Boone:

There was a new/shorter/easier trail:

and an old/longer/harder trail:

All in all, a Great Little Adventure!

I headed out of the Park, and then up on US-119 North. It is a super twisty-turny road that goes up through Eastern Kentucky and West Virginia:

and it even goes through Harlan County (where the show "Justified" is based):

It was not fun driving the last dozen miles in the dark to get to the Travelodge in Comfort, West Virginia.

Thank you God for Art, and Nature, and for these Wonderful Adventures!

Blogging Music:

Pat Metheny Trio - Live, 2000

Driving Music:

Because I didn't hear enough BLUES in New Orleans and Memphis:

various artists - New Millennium Blues Party, 1973

1. Hoochie Coochie Man - Eric Clapton
2. Smoking Gun - Robert Cray Band
3. It Hurt So Bad - Susan Tedeschi
4. Manish Boy - Muddy Waters
5. Bad To The Bone - George Thorogood & The Destroyers
6. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl - Johnny Lang
7. Tuff Enuff - The Fabulous Thunderbirds
8. Runaway - Bonnie Raitt
9. Smoke Stack Lightning - Howlin' Wolf
10. Born With A Broken Heart - Kenny Wayne Shepherd
11. Ain't Wastin' Time No More - The Allman Brothers Band
12. Something's Got A Hold On Me - Etta James
13. Born Under A Bad Sign - Albert King
14. Johnny B. Goode - Johnny Winter
15. Big Boss Man - Jimmy Reed
16. The Thrill Is Gone - B.B. King
17. Dust My Broom - Elmore James
18. Wang Dang Doodle - Koko Taylor
19. Boom Boom - John Lee Hooker
20. Flood Down In Texas - Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble

Paul Simon - There Goes Rhymin' Simon, 1973

Paul Simon - Still Crazy After All These Years, 1975

lyrics: "Slip Sliding Away"

God only knows
God makes his plan
The information’s unavailable
To the mortal man
We’re working our jobs
Collect our pay
Believe we’re gliding down the highway
When in fact we’re slip slidin’ away

Taj Mahal - Giant Step, 1969