Going Downtown

Yesterday Nancy was going to light the stove but had no luck as we are out of propane.  I looked on line and saw that there was a Ferrellgas filling station in Middlesboro.  We went to check it out by car and sure enough the propane station was there.  I went in to see they could fill my tank on the motorhome the lady said they could.  They could have to fill it from one of the trucks that delivers the propane to the big tanks.  She says to be here at 8:00am in the morning.  I said oh thats in the middle of the night for me.  Actually we could do it,but would have to get up real early to break camp.
A young fella in side told me there was a place on the other side of the campground that fills the cylinders that may fill the motorhome.
We had it scheduled to go to the small town of Cumberland Gap. 
You,ve heard the expression "going downtown".  Well when you go to Cumberland Gap you go down into town as it is down hill.  The town has mountains all around it.  A nice small old town to be a tourist in.

Tunnel where the rail goes into the mountain from the town side.

The old train station is still here.

The old mill is now a bed and breakfast.

Another bed and breakfast.  This must have been a large house or hotel in its time way back there.

Still another large home.

We had time to walk around the mountain path to the old "Iron Furnace".

The remains of the old furnace that was once 30 feet high.  The furnace was in use for 60 years. It took a lot of trees to make the charcoal.  They cut down all the trees in a 10 acre area.  Don't worry about it now,because it has fully grown back.
We had a nice evening spending the time in the small down that was the big town in a time way back.
We did get to check out about filling the propane tank on the motorhome and in a few days we will get it filled.
Thanks for stopping by and do come back.