{"id":122609,"date":"2014-12-23T01:09:37","date_gmt":"2014-12-23T09:09:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bangshift.com\/?p=122609"},"modified":"2014-12-19T12:46:19","modified_gmt":"2014-12-19T20:46:19","slug":"road-trippin-doug-taylor-look-back-spectacular-fall-cruise-natural-wonder-kentucky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bangshift.com\/general-news\/event-coverage\/road-trippin-doug-taylor-look-back-spectacular-fall-cruise-natural-wonder-kentucky\/","title":{"rendered":"Road Trippin With Doug and Taylor – A Look Back At A Spectacular Fall Cruise To A Natural Wonder In Kentucky"},"content":{"rendered":"

(Words by Doug Gregory – Photos by Taylor and Doug Gregory) –\u00a0<\/strong>The drive from Somerset to Cumberland Falls State Park is not terribly long, but at this time of year is incredibly beautiful.\u00a0 <\/span>Right now the fall colors are near peak in an explosion of gold, orange, red, and hundreds of variants of those hues.\u00a0 <\/span>The road does get a bit curvy and the elevation changes a lot.\u00a0 <\/span>The drive isn\u2019t brutal or epic, but if you get car sick easily you might want to medicate first.\u00a0 <\/span>Cumberland Falls is the second-largest falls in America and is referred to as the \u2018Southern Niagara\u2019.\u00a0 <\/span>The falls are almost 70ft tall and 125ft wide.\u00a0 <\/span>There are high and low vantage points to view this wonder.\u00a0 <\/span>This is the only site in the Western hemisphere where a lunar rainbow (or moonbow) can be witnessed during a full moon with clear skies.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

The first half of our drive up was uneventful and enjoyable as my son Taylor shot pictures of the cars both fore and aft of our place in line.\u00a0 <\/span>Once we turned off of Hwy 27 though, the car shut off and we coasted into a gravel driveway.\u00a0 <\/span>We had power under the hood, but none in the car.\u00a0 <\/span>A nice gentleman stopped to help and once I diagnosed the connectors going into the fuse block as the culprit the fix was quick and we were back on our way.\u00a0 <\/span>We felt time was against us as we wanted to rejoin the group at the falls.\u00a0 <\/span>I can say our car isn\u2019t setup for autocrossing, but the front sway bar and disc brakes we added last year certainly got a workout.\u00a0 <\/span>Thanks CPP!\u00a0 <\/span>It\u2019s pretty cool to pull into a state park and see mostly classics, muscle cars, and street rods filling the parking lot.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

The sun was out so we could see a rainbow hovering right outside our reach.\u00a0 <\/span>Seemed like a perfect time of year to take in this amazing site.\u00a0 <\/span>When we finally departed a handful of cars were traveling with us so my son could get pictures of some actually traversing the twisty roads through the fall foliage.\u00a0 <\/span>Some ended up being this gorgeous, black-cherry \u201955 Chevy and a super-sweet, maroon \u201946 (I think) Ford Coupe.\u00a0 <\/span>There were no opportunities to pass or change our position so we got plenty pictures of these two.\u00a0 <\/span>Once back out on Hwy 27 we were again able to capture some other cars heading back to Somerset.\u00a0 <\/span>It was indeed a great time \u2013 even with our little hiccup.\u00a0 <\/span>Experiencing life is way more fun that watching it (and other cars) pass you by.\u00a0 <\/span>Enjoy the photos.<\/p>\n

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