ou would think that after visiting thirty-six states and twenty countries, that we would have become accustomed to visiting paradise. Places like Key West or Venice fit pretty beautifully into the picture of paradise, right? You would expect to find something unreal there. Something stunning and unique. You would expect to fall in love with those places. But sometimes finding paradise is a lot more unexpected. On Wednesday, January 13th, we received a message through our blog from a guy named Tony saying we needed to take a road trip to some place called Cumberland Gap. Never heard of it. But sure, we’ll road trip anywhere. We were excited, but we were planning so many huge trips for 2021 that Cumberland Gap wasn’t at the forefront of our minds. Little did we know, Tony and a group known as the ‘Guardians of the Gap’ were planning the most incred16
ible adventure for Joanie and Jenni B. We drove through the beautiful roads of Kentucky and Tennessee, and hit the ground running as soon as we arrived in The Gap. We had an incredible group of people taking us around downtown Cumberland Gap, introducing us to every business owner and sharing their own personal stories about the area. From that first moment, that first interaction with Tony in person, we felt something. It was kind of like a small shock of static electricity. Just enough to make us stop and think, “Wow. This place is really something.” When we travel, we’re normally in a town for three days. Tony said three days just wouldn’t work. He needed six. We immedietly went to Google Maps to see just how big this Cumberland Gap was. Six days?! That was insane. The next several pages will be a written version of the adventure we had. Sit back, relax, and walk the Gap with us. We hope that we’ll be able to make you feel at least a fraction of what we did on this crazy trip.
