SURROUNDING™ THE GREAT SALTPETRE CAVE There is another way to penetrate the mountains of Kentucky and reach its river's beginnings. A flank attack, rugged as all get-out, but a [...]
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The Nile of Kentucky!
THE NILE OF KENTUCKY The Nolin River. It is like the Nile, if you follow the analogy. With its own old kingdoms running along its geography. The lower Nolin has [...]
Surrounding™ Franklinville
SURROUNDING FRANKLINVILLE It's not really there, at the junction of the Middle and North Forks of the Kentucky River. Nothing but soybeans, Kentucky jungle, and muddy water. But I have [...]
That Sandy Spit of Land!
The sandy spit of land that rises to honor the mixing of two water bodies. The North and Middle Forks of the Kentucky River just upstream from Beattyville where they [...]
The Mouth of the Middle Fork of the Kentucky River!
It is hard to reach. The mouth of the Middle Fork of the Kentucky River where it joins the North Fork. Upstream of Beattyville and downstream from Jackson, Kentucky! Seven and [...]
Kentucky’s Pillars of Hercules!
KENTUCKY'S PILLARS OF HERCULES Irvine and Ravenna? You think I'm kidding? Again? True, this is not the Mediterranean. But this is a geographic entrance just as significant, if you live [...]
Surrounding™, my new Service Mark!
My "Surrounding™ Series of Journey Logs has just been granted a Service Mark in Kentucky! What fun! See all my articles and books at http://www.vanstockum.blog
Surrounding™ Dismal Rock
SURROUNDING™ DISMAL ROCK Mammoth Cave is a world-class attraction, worthy of your immediate visit. May you soon enough wander within its dark passage! But we are headed aboveground today. Into [...]
Surrounding™ Glasgow
SURROUNDING GLASGOW Glasgow, Kentucky. How to reach this hidden oasis? I recommend this route for your driving pleasure, riding down Highway 31 East in Central Kentucky. So get off Interstate [...]
Cairo in Shelbyville!
Reginald Bareham, Tommy Kodak, Will Husband and Lewis Mathis at the Lewis Mathis 6th Street Live Derby Celebration in Shelbyville, Kentucky, on May 7, 2011.