Cumberland Gap

I admit that when I hear the name Boone, I immediately think of Boone's Farm, a cheap, rather horrible beverage that was popular with the college crowd. It turns out there is another Boone. Daniel Boone. I learned more about this American explorer and pioneer while exploring Cumberland Gap National Historical Park.

The history of the Gap as the first great gateway to the west is a fascinating one, and it is rather incredible that roads were re-routed and the Wilderness Trail that Boone blazed in 1775 has been restored to what it looked it to those early travelers. 

As we hiked along parts of the Wilderness Trail, we could only imagine what it must have been like for those early settlers.

They were hardy souls indeed.