Wilderness Road Campground at Cumberland Gap National Historical Park had a quiet wooded site for us. Sites are first come, first served with a charge of $20 for electric or $14 without.
Crossing the main highway into the town of Cumberland Gap, the park service had an informational trailhead with sculptures of historical users of the trail, starting with these bison.
The town itself has a bed an breakfast where folks were relaxing with coffee next to a clear stream. A bicycle trail with a covered bridge added on top of an old steel railroad bridge beckoned, but we need to get home. Definitely calls for a return visit.
6:17 PM and we're home in Durham. Our first trip "out west" covered 5,265 miles in 24 days. We had a great time, but would plan a little more time for exploring the next time out. We averaged 18.5 mpg spending $630 on fuel for the trip thanks to a low average cost per gallon of $2.09.
Oh yes, we did get home in time to celebrate Noah graduating from
NC School of Science and Mathematics. We are very proud of this young man! Looking forward to having him aboard for some summer adventures before he heads off to college.
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