Cumberland Falls

Yes, a post that is not about caving... Wednesday I came back up to NKY.  I had spent Christmas in Nashville with my caving friend David Intal.  And our plan was to meet Rachael and her brother Richard in Corbin, KY, and from there we would go to Cumberland Falls.  We got there and the water was very high.

We walked along the walkways and viewing platforms that they had set up.  There was even a smaller waterfall coming down a cliff on the opposite side of the River.

We didn't stick around too long.  We drove back and turned down a gravel road and drove for a few miles until David told us where to park.    We hiked up a trail to Dogslaughter Falls.  We stopped and didn't hike down to the waterfall right away.  David suggested climbing up the cliff to the overlook first to get warm by the sun.

Richard stayed at the bottom of the cliff and David, Rachael, and I made it up to the top.  I really was not expecting the view.  The Cumberland River was below us, as it made a big loop.  You could hear the wind going through the trees, and the distant sounds of waterfalls all around you.

We sat down in the sun and ate.  Rachael had made some bread and had brought that along, as well as some peanut butter fudge and Ale 8.  Nothing like looking over God's amazing creation and drinking an Ale 8.  David went back and after a while came up with Richard so then all four of us were up there.  We just sat around and enjoyed the afternoon.

Then we climbed back down, and went up close to Dogslaughter Falls.

It was pretty cold down there, but you could go all the way behind the waterfall and come out on the other side.  After a while of that we were freezing and decided it was time to make the hike back to the cars.

And before I knew it we were back at the cars saying good bye, and I was in no hurry to go back up North.  But I eventually did.