Rock City Barn RCB-KY-45. U.S. 25 in Grant County, Kentucky.
(Blog note: Sorry to have disappeared for the last few days. Louise's sister, her only living close relative, passed away last week at age 95. We are in Orlando to settle her affairs, which has been a slow process so far. We may be here for a while. I will post the blog when I can, but it may be sporadic.)
The U.S. Highway 25E tunnel near Cumberland Gap.
At my age, I have a lot of memories, and most of them are pretty clear. However, once in a while a few memories seem to run together. That was the case when I visited the Cumberland Gap area in October. I distinctly remembered having driven through the U.S. Highway 25E tunnel many years ago, and I also remembered having driven on Old 25E through the Gap and down through the village in 1995 when I was working on the Rock City Barns book. The two trips ran together in my memory. It was deja vu all over again until I realized they had to be separate trips, because the tunnel was not opened until '96.
Mulling it over, I decided that my first passage through the tunnel must have in 1997. I had been to northeastern Kentucky and southern Ohio, looking for"lost" (unlisted) Rock City barns and also photographing Mail Pouch Tobacco barns as I found them along the way. I came south via U.S. 25E because I had not previously explored much of that route. The only unlisted barn I found was the one shown at the top of this post, hiding behind trees in Grant County, Kentucky. The trip was interesting, though not very productive. But I was very impressed with my first drive through the tunnel. And I think I have my memories sorted out. (At least for now!)
The barn was photographed with a Canon EOS A2 camera with (probably) a Canon EF 28-105mm lens and Fujichrome 100 film. For the tunnel, I used a Fuji X-T20 digital camera and the Fujicron XF 16-80mm lens.
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