The Official (only!) Newspaper of The Red River Gorge Vol. 6 No. 6 Adventure ~ Relaxation ~ Accommodations ~ Awe Inspiring Natural Beauty ~ Friendly People
August 2026
AFRICA’S “GIFT” TO US Now that you are here, a little about the Red River Gorge. Those who would know tell us Gorge history dates Lunch & Adult Beverages Nutritious Smoothies back more than four hundred million years. That’s Homemade Bakery Goods when the evidence of geological movement indicates Africa slammed Just off Slade Exit 33 South into North America buckling the earth and created the Appalachian 769 Natural Bridge Rd. KY Hwy 11 Mountains. For which we feel forever indebted to Africa! 606-663-2549 Millions of years later sediment washed down from Pennsylvania and Do you need breakfast, lunch or alco- formed the sandstone that is the defining feature of the Gorge cliffs. hol?? Come visit Daniel Boone Coffee These cliffs are unique and are the reason the Gorge is one of the most Shop and Daniel Boone Liquors in highly regarded areas for climbing with 3,000+ clifflines in the Daniel Slade. Open daily and offering vari- Boone National Forest alone. ety of coffee drinks, smoothies, break- Just after the glacier retreated about 12,000 years ago, people moved into fast options, homemade baked goods, the Gorge. Those people are known to archeologists as the Paleo Indians. panini's and wraps for lunch. You can At that time, the weather was cooler and the Gorge was mostly covered browse for souvenirs, shirts, hoodies with evergreens. Wooly mammoths, giant bison and mastodons were and camping supplies too. We also plentiful and hunted by these early people using only spears tipped with highlight local crafts with various cool stone points and by stampeding those large beasts over cliffs. items. So there are plenty of items to These and later groups of ancient people had the gorge to themselves for choose from. about ten thousand years. Around four hundred years ago, they began This Fall visit the new open air deck trading with Europeans and 100 years later the area became the state of and enjoy a cold one. Stop in after Kentucky. Three hundred years after that we arrived. your hike for a "Black & Bourbon", "Kentucky Mule", "Bloody Mary" or After about twenty years of developing the (almost) perfect vacation descold beer of your choice. Don't have tination, here you all are experiencing one of the fastest growing, most time to sip a cold one ? No problem, exciting vacations spots in the Eastern USA. And we’re not done yet! take a bottle from our Daniel Boone So, get out there and experience the joy of the Gorge. Take a hike, climb Liquor Store back to the cabin and en- a cliff, Zip through the beautiful forests, tour the Underground, grill joy your own party! Need a place to some burgers, whatever. Don’t miss this opportunity to appreciate one of stay? Check the office at Scenic Cabin Nature’s finest examples of her best work. Rentals, located within the Daniel While you and your family are enjoying this handiwork, remember there Boone Coffee Shop. They offer many will be others to follow and they too would love to experience the Gorge cabins in all sizes, a motel and a camp- in it’s natural and as pristine state as did you. The rule is simple, leave ground with full hook ups for RV's or nothing behind except footprints (And please, leave those only on desigprimitive camping for tents. Scenic nated trails). Take nothing but photographs and pleasant memories. Cabin Rentals is a family owned busiJerry Ison “Ya’ll come back, now!” ness operating for over 20 years.