Cumberland Gap National Park__Touring the Hensley Settlement

[@CharlyP1603]

great tour in this wonderful park, thanks for sharing

[@karlo8093]

You're welcome! Thanks for watching! It's a fun park. We enjoy it.

[@happyandphilosophyjoycat]

Wonderful Cumberland gap national park, support you , like11.

[@karlo8093]

Thank You! 🙂

[@AbdulsCycles]

Cumberland Gap National Park is awesome, Hensley Sightseeing is awesome... thanks for sharing

[@karlo8093]

Absolutely! Thanks for watching. This is our 2nd time to the park and first for Hensley. Had a great time.

[@SDMountainMan]

Cool tour wish we had more time to see more when we were down there

[@karlo8093]

Gives ya another reason to come back 🙂 That was a pretty good tour. Lots of history in that area. If ya ever get over that way, I would suggest it. Thanks S D. for stopping by!

[@JenniferLupine]

Really nice tour Karl! Beautiful area! You read about these old settlements in books, but it's another thing to see the houses and buildings in person. Wonderful cabins- beautiful construction and preservation... I love seeing the original floorboards! Very cool chicken coop and such cool barn siding. It's pretty hard to imagine growing and preserving all your own food, not being able to run to the grocery store. Nice to see the old school house. Wow, great settlement and tour!! Thanks for sharing with us!

[@karlo8093]

Oh I know. To have to do it all is difficult to imagine in our lifetime. They were difinitely hardy people! The park services have done really well at preserving the area I think. They bring in some Amish craftsmen from Indiana we were told to restore the buildings. It's just an amazing and peaceful place. If you ever get way out east I'd reccomend it. Thanks for stopping in Jennifer. Hope y'all have a great week!

[@NicoleHikesalot]

Amazing to see the settlement Karl ❤ its been on my list of places to see. Thank you for showing it to me here. Very interesting about the floor too. And the uses of yucca. Beautiful setting and views. The schoolhouse is awesome too. Definitely a good size cabin there at the end.

[@karlo8093]

It was a fun tour. I highly reccomend it if you get back there. Thanks for checking it out Nicole!

[@papawinthewoods]

I hiked up there with Jim Hayes, Delmar Parks and Charlie the hiking Dog a couple of winters back. We came in from the other end of the settlement. No one else was there and everything was locked up so we didn’t see inside any of the structures. Because of the shortness of the winters days we didn’t get to stay long. I was fascinated by the Cabot with the short chimney, held up by a log on the outside of the house! It’s just beautiful up there! I would love to live in a cabin just like those. I’m going to have to make my way back over there and do the guided tour. Thanks Karl for the very well made video. Take care and be safe my Friend.

[@karlo8093]

It's a tour well worth taking, and is small in size. Near perfect. 10 folks is as big as it gets. It' an informative tour as well. You, my friend would enjoy it. Easy to apply what you learn here to the lives of the folks in BSF. Helps round out what you can imagine about them. Thanks for stopping in and checking it out! Best to ya Papaw!

[@bluespruce786]

Great transitions. I guessed Black Walnut =) Love the split rail fencing. Thats a neat tour, thanks for sharing!

[@karlo8093]

You're welcome. Thanks for watching! It was a neat tour. And small enough where you didn't feel like you missed out on anything.

[@cathyvant3722]

Interesting fence, with the posts on both sides to hold it. I've never visited a settlement like this but it's a real life Greenfield Village. Thank you, Karl. I love getting to see these places.

[@karlo8093]

Was a really interesting place. The fence was different. Not used to seeing one of that design either. Thanks for checking it out Cathy. Was a great tour!

[@sosteve9113]

I always love these kind of tours

[@karlo8093]

They're great aren't they? Informative and entertaining. Thanks for stopping by Steve!

[@kerrywoolbright5716]

Reminds me of going to grandparents as a wee child. They covered their cabin in boards to hide the logs and make it more airtight. Great grandpa made chairs so pa had the old lathe. Had the mule pulled hay rake sitting in the edge of the woods. It seemed like a rough life but they were always happy.

[@karlo8093]

Sounds very similar. I'm sure it was quite the hard life. I have the tendency to romanticize that kind of life style. I'm sure though, there was quite a bit of "suck" to it too. I can still hope though, the simpler times to be better times. Thanks for sharing thag memory Kerry! And, thanks for watching.

[@jcamp7005]

Great place for the Apocalypse lol, Great video!

[@karlo8093]

Thanks Jeremy! Back in their day they were escaping change too.