Cumberland Gap, etc

We visited the Andrew Johnson home in Greeneville, NC. He was the president who took over when Abe was murdered. He also was impeached but found innocent by 1 vote. Anyway, I wasn't too excited about visiting his historical site. After viewing the film I discovered he was the almost done in by really dirty politics and just for defending the constitution. Anyway, the ranger was really good at explaining it. The ranger was happy to hear we were headed to the Cumberland Gap. He asked to say hi to the ranger there. So, after giving us directions out of town, we drove to the Cumberland Gap National Historic Park. It is located on the corner of Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee. We camped there in the Virginia part of the park. Hard to believe the national park system has such beautiful camping at such a cheap price, Because the colors are peaking in the Smokies and Cumberland Mountains, we were treated with a beautiful site. The ranger at Cumberland was also pretty gung ho. When I asked him if he was Butch Davis, he couldn't do enough for us. He even drove Beth and I up to the top of the mountain and gave us a personal tour. So then we drove across Kentucky today and into Indiana. We have found that most campgrounds have closed as of Nov. 1st. We found one that was open just south of Indianapolis. We should be home in 2 or 3 days. We are stopping to see our friends, Merv & Kay Schlesinger in Mendota, Ill tomorrow night. By the way, gas was $1.949 per gallon in Tennessee. Bill