October 2006 .............

Corbin: In 1930 Harland Sanders opened a Shell service station in Corbin, on the major North-South highway between Michigan and Florida. He also opened a restaurant at his gas station, and later a motel. The Colonel's fried chicken was prepared as early as the 1930's using a spice recipe for the breading that was a carefully guarded secret. The recipe of eleven herbs and spices, later trademarked as Original Recipe, was perfected in the Sanders Cafe. More than sixty years later these spices are mixed by two separate companies in order to protect his recipe. The photos below are the restored Sanders cafe and museum.

October 2006 .............

Cumberland Falls: Located in the Daniel Boone Forest outside of Corbin. The falls are in the Cumberland State Resort Park, and very easy to reach. They are 120 ft. across, 60 ft. high, and are the largest falls in the Eastern US. They have been called "The Niagara of the South". The falls are only one of two places in the world, (the other being in Zimbabwe, Africa), where you can see a "moonbow". A moonbow happens only within a few days of a full moon on a clear night. It is created when moonlight is refracted through the mist that rises up from the falls. The brochure they put out says the best time is two days before full moon, the night of and two days after. We were there two days after, waited until after midnight and didn't see the moonbow. It was visible the two nights before, go figure. If you want to visit the falls at night, go at least one to two hours early or you won't find a place to park, or stand.

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