#WW: Cumberland Falls & an American Indian Flutist
Good-morning, my lovelies! It’s hump-day already and we’re almost at the half-way mark of this brand new month. The last of the summer days are really melting away. Thank you for making me apart of your day. I want to take you to Cumberland Falls State Resort Park.
Years ago, we were fortunate to see the Moonbow. That’s been like forever and a day ago in my memory. I want to find another opportunity to see it, but the conditions have to be perfect and that’s kind of hard to plan with Cumberland Falls almost 2-hours north of Knoxville.
Two Saturdays ago, we took a day trip to Corbin, Kentucky to see the waterfall known as the Niagara of the South. Our last visit was in the late 90s when our children were quite young.
Although, disappointment met my eye to see muddy water tumbling over the fall, it didn’t stop me from photographing my subject. After all, that’s one reason I wanted to visit. I definitely want to go back this fall to capture the colors of autumn surrounding the falls and hopefully clear waters next time.
While there the alluring haunting tones of an American Indian flute drifted through the air to my ear. I wondered where the music was coming from while I looked around. I thought, did the park have an outdoor sound system to broadcast music from the gift shop? There among the trees on a rock sat this guy….
I had no idea who this man was or even if I would find him on the net, but I decided to ask my pal, Google. I entered these keywords: Cumberland falls+native American flute. I got a few hits. The two top hits were YouTube videos. I clicked on both. Luckily the second video featured the very person I was looking for. Allow me to introduce to you, Robert Mullinax… Video courtesy of The Crypto Crew
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32 Comments
Colette S
Sounds like a wonderful adventure! I’d love to see the moonbow too.
Patrick weseman
So cool, love it.
Merlinda Little (@pixiedusk)
I think it is still pretty even with the brown water! But I am looking forward to some more photos of this place as it looks amazing =) #ww
Cathy Kennedy
I agree, even with the brown water it’s a beautiful place.
robert mullinax
Thank you for enjoying my Music. Here is a link in case someone would like to order a CD. webg11.wix.com/robertmullinax
Many Blessings…Robert Mullinax
Cathy Kennedy
Robert, I know my readers will love knowing how they might get a copy. Thank you for providing a direct link to your music.
GrammyMouseTails
What a peaceful & scenic place to visit. thanks for sharing & for the link-up. Faythe @ GMT~
Lady Lilith
The native american flute is so amazing to listen to. Very relaxing.
Claire
Happy Wednesday, beautiful shots, love the waterfall 🙂
indah nuria Savitri
Must be thrilling to see the American Indian flutist in such a lovely surrounding…the fall look great too…have a lovely Wednesday…
aquariann
You take such delightful day trips! How nice of Robert to add his music to the nice scenery.
Posh on a Budget (@poshonabudget)
I’ve never heard of a moonbow. I bet it is pretty cook to see.
Rorybore
still a beautiful waterfall, even if the water is muddy. Nature is just beautiful — no matter what we seem to be doing that threatens it to be less so. Love the haunting sounds of that music. I use to fall asleep to a CD in college that played nature sounds and music like that.
Cathy Kennedy
The haunting quality is also peaceful. I could fall asleep very easily listening to Robert’s music.
startraci
Looks like a beautiful place. We’re planning on doing some traveling and we will have to add this to the list.
🙂
Traci
Patrick Weseman
Lovely photos.
tbellkindred
That’s near where I live. Enjoyed the pictures but sorry the water was so muddy. However we needed the rain. Love the flute! Teresa from NanaHood
Cathy Kennedy
Teresa, That’s cool that you live near Cumberland Falls. Kentucky is pretty country. I know what you mean about the rain. It’s nice to have and I’d rather get it in buckets in the summer instead of winter when it turns to something less desirable like snow, sleet or ice.
Tina Ernspiker (@tinamernspiker)
We are from KY and have been to Cumberland a few times. We moved from Louisville to Mexico last October. Small world 🙂
Cathy Kennedy
The world really is a small place after all.
Sue
Looks like a really nice place and very cool to have a flutist playing while you look at the lovely scenery 🙂
Amethyst Moon
This looks like such a cool place to visit. I would love to see the moonbow. I’ll have to add it to my list of places to hike! I hope you have an awesome Wednesday!
ImagesByCW
That really looks like the perfect place to sit and dream, meander or take photographs – very beautiful!
Rosey
It does look like a lovely place to visit!
Leovi
Nice pictures, I love that beautiful place with wonderful waterfalls !!
another jennifer
That moonbow sounds like quite the sight! Sounds like a great spot to visit. Happy WW…and Left Handers Day!
rsrote
what lovely music—my brother doesn’t live too far from there we’ll have to visit this spot next time we visit!
McGuffy Ann
As always, a beautiful post, my friend. Another place I would love to visit. Thank you for sharing. I love Native American music. It is so inspiring and feels so mystical yet earthy.
shere @shereypaul
i would love to see the moonbow, sounds very magical. Just a pity that the waters were so brown, was there some rain in the previous days?
Shere y Paul
Cathy Kennedy
Shere, I guess it must have rained that week. I don’t know of any other reason for the water to be so brown. With Knoxville less than 2-hours away, I do recall thinking we didn’t get any rain that week, but it seems a lot of storms miss us going either north or south. I do know we didn’t get any at least the night before our visit.
XmasDolly
Hey Girl, Happy Wednesday! That guy that makes flutes is something else. Totally awesome & he made a CD. Cool, thanks for sharing & have a wonderful day. I watched your sverve film too. They have another one now too! Thought I’d let you know. Have a good one my friend! Got some great pics here! 🙂
Cathy Kennedy
Marie, as good as the video is Robert playing his flute in the open woods is fair more beautiful sounding and so spiritual in nature. It made my enjoyment of the falls all the more special.