WEBVTT 00:01.166 --> 00:04.233 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% Coming up on Kentucky Life. Hitting the dainty has been. 00:04.233 --> 00:05.766 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% A tradition in this Louisville neighborhood. 00:05.766 --> 00:08.200 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:57.5% Since German immigrants first settled there. 00:08.800 --> 00:10.433 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% I'll take you along as I give it a shot. 00:11.133 --> 00:14.100 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% As the popularity of the Red River Gorge has exploded. 00:14.533 --> 00:16.833 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55% One volunteer group is working to make sure the. 00:16.833 --> 00:19.500 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:60% Rock climbing area there stays safe and clean. 00:20.266 --> 00:22.500 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% We'll enjoy the natural beauty of Pine Mountain. 00:22.500 --> 00:25.533 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% State Resort Park, Kentucky's first state park. 00:26.066 --> 00:28.233 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% And we'll meet a Lawrence County couple, who are. 00:28.233 --> 00:31.500 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% Teachers by day and moonlight as rock. 00:31.500 --> 00:32.266 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:37.5% Stars at night. 00:32.833 --> 00:35.933 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:37.5% That's all next on Kentucky Life. 00:36.866 --> 00:46.833 align:start position:42.5% line:84.67% size:17.5% ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 01:00.900 --> 01:02.966 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% Hey, everybody, and welcome to Kentucky Life. 01:02.966 --> 01:04.933 align:start position:15% line:10% size:70% I'm your host, Chip Polston. 01:04.933 --> 01:06.133 align:start position:30% line:10% size:37.5% Check this out. 01:06.133 --> 01:08.333 align:start position:22.5% line:10% size:37.5% Welcome to Pine Mountain State Park. 01:08.800 --> 01:12.100 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:60% We are here right at the peak of fall color and the. 01:12.100 --> 01:13.966 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70% Views are beyond incredible. 01:14.400 --> 01:16.633 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% Now, we're pretty deep into Eastern Kentucky, almost. 01:16.633 --> 01:19.100 align:start position:22.5% line:10% size:52.5% Where the state meets Virginia and Tennessee. 01:19.366 --> 01:22.233 align:start position:12.5% line:10% size:77.5% In Pineville. And when you look around, it's pretty clear. 01:22.233 --> 01:25.700 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:65% To see why this was set up as the very first state park. 01:25.700 --> 01:27.700 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:45% In Kentucky nearly 100 years ago. 01:28.266 --> 01:31.000 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:45% The natural beauty here is just breathtaking. 01:31.166 --> 01:34.133 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:65% And between the trails and other activities here, we're. 01:34.133 --> 01:36.333 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:60% Gonna have a full day of exploring where we get to. 01:36.333 --> 01:37.100 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:40% Bring you along. 01:37.700 --> 01:40.766 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% But first, Louisville's Schnitzelburg neighborhood. 01:40.766 --> 01:43.533 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:60% Likes to think of itself as a small town in the big. 01:43.533 --> 01:46.400 align:start position:10% line:10% size:55% City. Even as the area has grown into one of. 01:46.400 --> 01:49.100 align:start position:10% line:10% size:55% Louisville's trendiest neighborhoods, it still. 01:49.100 --> 01:52.233 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% Holds on to decades old traditions from the German. 01:52.233 --> 01:53.833 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:35% Immigrants who originally lived there. 01:54.333 --> 01:58.500 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% And after literally years of wanting to do so, I finally. 01:58.500 --> 02:01.133 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:60% Got to experience one of Schnitzelburg's most popular. 02:01.133 --> 02:04.366 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:65% Traditions for myself, and got to see how it brings. 02:04.366 --> 02:05.900 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:45% Neighbors together year after year. 02:07.266 --> 02:11.000 align:start position:20% line:10% size:57.5% Every year, on the last Monday in July, people flock. 02:11.000 --> 02:12.933 align:start position:30% line:10% size:37.5% To Louisville's Schnitzelburg neighborhood. 02:13.300 --> 02:16.666 align:start position:15% line:10% size:67.5% There you can find a street shut down, and a line of 100. 02:16.666 --> 02:18.766 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:30% People long. all to play. 02:18.766 --> 02:19.500 align:start position:42.5% line:84.67% size:17.5% A game. 02:20.000 --> 02:23.266 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:52.5% That game: The Dainty Competition, an annual. 02:23.266 --> 02:26.266 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% Street game that benefits Schnitzelburg's Little. 02:26.266 --> 02:27.233 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:50% Sisters of the Poor. 02:27.333 --> 02:30.000 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% And what seems at first glance to be just another. 02:30.000 --> 02:34.233 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:65% Louisville Street Festival is actually a lot quirkier. 02:34.233 --> 02:35.133 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:37.5% Than you think. 02:35.733 --> 02:39.333 align:start position:10% line:10% size:55% The Dainty Competition is a very strange old. 02:39.333 --> 02:42.000 align:start position:10% line:10% size:57.5% German-Hungarian-Cuban, everybody has their own. 02:42.000 --> 02:43.700 align:start position:10% line:10% size:50% Story for where they think it came from. 02:43.700 --> 02:46.400 align:start position:35% line:10% size:55% And it's played with a whittled down broomstick. 02:46.400 --> 02:48.700 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% That's 3-foot long and you're trying to hit a. 02:48.700 --> 02:52.566 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:65% 5-inch wooden piece of the broom that is tethered at. 02:52.566 --> 02:55.600 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% Both bends and you're trying to hit that little dainty. 02:55.933 --> 02:59.200 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% Get it airborne, and then get it to fly the furthest. 02:59.200 --> 03:00.300 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:62.5% Distance down the street. 03:00.700 --> 03:02.666 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:42.5% You have to be 45 years or older to play. 03:02.666 --> 03:05.266 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55% You get three strikes, and a strike really just. 03:05.266 --> 03:07.900 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:60% Constitute any time that a wood touches wood. 03:07.900 --> 03:10.000 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% If you get it up in the air, you follow through, and you. 03:10.000 --> 03:12.700 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% Make another contact, that's your hit, however far it. 03:12.700 --> 03:15.733 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:57.5% Goes, however backwards it sometimes goes. 03:16.666 --> 03:18.766 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55% The farthest hit every year is the champion. 03:18.766 --> 03:21.000 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% They get their name immortalized on the plaque. 03:21.300 --> 03:25.400 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% Whoever hits it the shortest positive distance is. 03:25.400 --> 03:26.433 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:52.5% Officially the loser. 03:26.600 --> 03:30.066 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% They get a basket of lemons, and are also made to hop on. 03:30.066 --> 03:32.600 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:57.5% One leg the full length of the dainty course. 03:33.133 --> 03:36.633 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% The dainty is held on George Hauck Way right outside of. 03:36.633 --> 03:39.333 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55% Hauck's Corner bar and restaurant, located in the. 03:39.333 --> 03:42.066 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55% Building that was once Hauck's handy store. 03:42.300 --> 03:45.133 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% Now, if the name Hauck is starting to sound familiar. 03:45.300 --> 03:48.100 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:60% Well, it should, because George Hauck was a. 03:48.100 --> 03:51.066 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:62.5% Schnitzelburg resident so well-known, he's almost the. 03:51.066 --> 03:54.900 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% Stuff of legends, the son of German immigrants, he was. 03:54.900 --> 03:58.100 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:60% Also a co-founder of the Dainty, which began as a. 03:58.100 --> 04:01.233 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% Small gathering of friends back in 1971. 04:01.566 --> 04:04.766 align:start position:17.5% line:10% size:60% And while the dainty has grown from a one-day event. 04:04.766 --> 04:08.000 align:start position:25% line:10% size:47.5% With a couple dozen participants, to a three-day. 04:08.000 --> 04:10.733 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% Festival, drawing thousands of people to Schnitzelburg. 04:11.266 --> 04:13.966 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% Hauck's mark on the game remains the same. 04:14.466 --> 04:17.900 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:40% George's parents started a general store. 04:18.333 --> 04:22.333 align:start position:22.5% line:10% size:67.5% George took it over in '46, I believe, and turned it. 04:22.333 --> 04:24.333 align:start position:15% line:10% size:75% More into like a corner store. 04:24.333 --> 04:27.333 align:start position:20% line:10% size:70% You can get bread, milk, and morphed into beer, lottery. 04:27.333 --> 04:28.966 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% Tickets, candy, all that stuff. 04:29.366 --> 04:32.533 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% It was such a community staple, and it brought the. 04:32.533 --> 04:34.033 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:52.5% Neighborhood together in so many ways. 04:34.033 --> 04:37.766 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% Like, if you were short on bills or food, George would. 04:37.766 --> 04:40.433 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:50% Always help you out. People had running tabs here. 04:40.700 --> 04:43.933 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:65% He even had a group of his friends in a pick-up truck. 04:43.933 --> 04:46.400 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% would go around and help fix people's houses. 04:46.400 --> 04:47.300 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:50% And stuff like that. 04:47.300 --> 04:47.866 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:62.5% You know what I'm saying? 04:48.266 --> 04:50.600 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% So, he was definitely one of those people. 04:51.566 --> 04:53.100 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:75% There's no.one else like them. 04:54.466 --> 04:59.233 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% The dainty for this neighborhood, it's like, you. 04:59.233 --> 05:02.066 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:52.5% Feel a sense of pride just by showing up. 05:02.733 --> 05:05.033 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% It's a celebration of many things, but most. 05:05.033 --> 05:07.600 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% Importantly, it's a celebration of George. 05:07.600 --> 05:09.633 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55% And his family in this building, for sure. 05:10.466 --> 05:13.400 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% Now, as a kid who grew up in Louisville, I had heard of. 05:13.400 --> 05:15.900 align:start position:20% line:10% size:57.5% George Hauck, and I had certainly seen my fair share. 05:15.900 --> 05:18.233 align:start position:27.5% line:10% size:42.5% Of dainty play on TV over the years. 05:18.500 --> 05:21.633 align:start position:20% line:10% size:57.5% But this time around, I decided it was time for me. 05:21.633 --> 05:22.833 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:60% To get in on the action. 05:22.833 --> 05:26.266 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:62.5% So, on the last Monday in July, I showed up to George. 05:26.266 --> 05:30.733 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:65% Hauck Way, ready to see if I could be the next dainty. 05:30.733 --> 05:31.700 align:start position:40% line:84.67% size:22.5% Champion. 05:31.966 --> 05:35.733 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% Welcome to not the Kentucky championship, not the United. 05:35.733 --> 05:38.300 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:50% States championship, mind you, but the World. 05:38.300 --> 05:41.266 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% Championship Dainty Competition here in the. 05:41.266 --> 05:43.433 align:start position:35% line:79.33% size:32.5% Schnitzelburg area of Louisville. 05:43.433 --> 05:45.866 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5% Now, the Dainty Competition sounds easy. 05:45.866 --> 05:48.800 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% How hard could it be to hit a little wooden stick with a. 05:48.800 --> 05:50.200 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:42.5% Big wooden stick? Am I right? 05:50.200 --> 05:51.766 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80% It's a lot harder than it looks. 05:51.766 --> 05:53.566 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:65% Let's go get some pointers on how to make it connect. 05:54.500 --> 05:58.133 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5% I got some tips from a dainty pro named Tony on the art. 05:58.133 --> 05:59.266 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:45% Of the dainty hit. 05:59.466 --> 06:02.600 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:60% His advice; and this was important, get low. 06:03.100 --> 06:06.300 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:65% Don't hit it too hard, and get in front of the dainty. 06:06.300 --> 06:07.200 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:35% Not behind it. 06:07.533 --> 06:10.866 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:65% After a couple of tries, I felt like I'd really nailed it. 06:10.866 --> 06:12.100 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5% And would you look at that? 06:12.100 --> 06:13.233 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:30% I got a hit. 06:14.366 --> 06:17.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% When the Clock struck 5:00 pm, it was time for official. 06:17.833 --> 06:19.433 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:47.5% Game play to begin. 06:19.433 --> 06:22.866 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:65% The dainty kicked off with some notable Louisvilleans. 06:22.866 --> 06:25.733 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:65% Including a solid hit from Mayor Craig Greenberg. 06:26.033 --> 06:29.900 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% And an unfortunate strikeout by Jim James of My Morning. 06:29.900 --> 06:33.700 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% Jacket. With the competition heating up, it was time for. 06:33.700 --> 06:36.466 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:45% Me to get serious, which meant some. 06:36.466 --> 06:38.100 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:55% Serious pre-game fuel. 06:39.233 --> 06:42.366 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% So, given the high-level of athletic prowess it takes to. 06:42.366 --> 06:44.866 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:60% Hit said dainty down the field, you're gonna wanna. 06:44.866 --> 06:47.166 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% Fuel up like any good athlete, and you do that. 06:47.166 --> 06:50.100 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% Here with the official meal of the dainty fest. 06:50.566 --> 06:54.533 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5% Very straightforward, bologna on white bread, spicy pickle. 06:54.533 --> 06:55.833 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:47.5% And a bag of chips. 06:55.833 --> 06:58.566 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:60% Set you back four bucks, and my new friend Emily here. 06:58.566 --> 07:01.333 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% Said she made 300 bologna sandwiches this morning. 07:01.333 --> 07:02.900 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70% They'll all be gone shortly. 07:04.166 --> 07:06.966 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:57.5% After eating my fill of bologna, and watching a few. 07:06.966 --> 07:10.933 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% More impressive dainty hits, it was time to put all that. 07:10.933 --> 07:12.666 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:65% Preparation into practice. 07:12.666 --> 07:15.933 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:60% So, I stepped up to bat, keeping in mind all that. 07:15.933 --> 07:19.800 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% I had learned and, I struck out, really can't all be. 07:19.800 --> 07:21.133 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:42.5% Winners, I guess. 07:22.066 --> 07:24.300 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:62.5% As a kid who grew up here in Louisville, it's been so. 07:24.300 --> 07:26.400 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55% Much fun to come, be a part of the World Dainty. 07:26.400 --> 07:29.866 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:67.5% Championships. They've been going for three hours right now. 07:29.866 --> 07:31.733 align:start position:37.5% line:79.33% size:27.5% They've got another 120 people. 07:31.733 --> 07:32.666 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:65% Signed up and ready to go. 07:32.766 --> 07:34.766 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:60% So, it's gonna be a long night in Schnitzelburg. 07:34.766 --> 07:37.166 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55% At a time in the world where there's so much that. 07:37.166 --> 07:40.566 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% Divides us, it's amazing to see a small community like. 07:40.566 --> 07:43.266 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% This come together, not only to support a great cause. 07:43.666 --> 07:45.133 align:start position:35% line:79.33% size:32.5% But to have a great time as well. 07:45.600 --> 07:52.866 align:start position:42.5% line:84.67% size:17.5% ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 07:53.600 --> 07:56.833 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55% One of Kentucky's most popular tourist destinations. 07:56.833 --> 07:58.733 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55% Lies deep in the heart of Eastern Kentucky. 07:59.366 --> 08:02.266 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% The Red River Gorge attracts visitors who come for a. 08:02.266 --> 08:03.700 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:60% Wide variety of reasons. 08:04.033 --> 08:06.966 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:60% But in recent years, the Gorge has become synonymous. 08:06.966 --> 08:08.300 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:47.5% With rock climbing. 08:08.566 --> 08:11.433 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% With so many tourists coming in, somebody has to ensure. 08:11.433 --> 08:14.066 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:57.5% There are safe climbing trails for those looking to. 08:14.066 --> 08:15.166 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:50% Test their strength. 08:15.600 --> 08:17.800 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:50% That's where the Red River Gorge Climbers. 08:17.800 --> 08:18.900 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:47.5% Coalition comes in. 08:19.200 --> 08:21.766 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:50% With more than 1,100 acres designated for rock. 08:21.766 --> 08:25.233 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% Climbing, the coalition works to keep these trails. 08:25.233 --> 08:26.266 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:37.5% Clean and safe. 08:26.933 --> 08:30.266 align:start position:40% line:10% size:17.5% ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 08:30.733 --> 08:33.933 align:start position:17.5% line:10% size:60% The Red River Gorge is a 29,000 acre canyon system. 08:33.933 --> 08:36.566 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:65% So, when people come here, they think that they might. 08:36.566 --> 08:37.366 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:50% Be in the mountains. 08:37.633 --> 08:39.166 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% We're actually not in the mountains technically. 08:39.333 --> 08:42.000 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55% Those don't start till closer over till Jackson. 08:42.000 --> 08:44.033 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% When you get to the foothills of the Appalachians. 08:45.366 --> 08:46.933 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:42.5% It's a big canyon system basically. 08:46.933 --> 08:49.433 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:40% We're a national geological area. 08:49.900 --> 08:52.366 align:start position:30% line:10% size:42.5% Rock climbing out here is a huge draw. 08:52.366 --> 08:55.033 align:start position:25% line:10% size:47.5% We see over 100,000 rock climbers every year. 08:55.033 --> 08:56.400 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% So, that's a good chunk of people. 08:56.400 --> 08:57.833 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:65% Coming just to rock climb. 08:58.400 --> 09:01.100 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% So, there's hundreds and hundreds of routes out here. 09:01.100 --> 09:03.333 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% There's the Red River Gorge Climbers' Coalition 09:03.333 --> 09:05.900 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:50% That is a coalition for the area that helps. 09:05.900 --> 09:09.266 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% Preserve, protect, and maintain a lot of the crags. 09:09.266 --> 09:09.933 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:35% And the areas. 09:09.933 --> 09:11.533 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:52.5% Out here that really. 09:11.533 --> 09:13.233 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:45% Need some help and some protection. 09:14.166 --> 09:17.033 align:start position:32.5% line:10% size:57.5% So, the Red River Gorge Climbers' Coalition is. 09:17.500 --> 09:20.633 align:start position:27.5% line:10% size:62.5% Dedicated to securing and conserving the open public. 09:20.633 --> 09:23.900 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% Access to rock climbing here in Kentucky's Red River Gorge. 09:23.900 --> 09:29.433 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:60% And also we own property here for climbing, 09:29.433 --> 09:33.000 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:70% For recreational access, and a lot of the work that we do. 09:33.000 --> 09:35.600 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:60% Foes into conserving and stewarding those lands. 09:35.600 --> 09:36.533 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:50% That we recreate on. 09:36.733 --> 09:38.400 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:60% We were founded in 1996. 09:38.800 --> 09:41.233 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:62.5% It was founded originally by Shannon Stuart-Smith. 09:41.233 --> 09:45.033 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:65% And a small group of other individuals, mostly out of. 09:45.033 --> 09:47.900 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% Lexington, but also in the surrounding region. 09:48.533 --> 09:52.300 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:57.5% And the main reason for that was because the forest. 09:52.300 --> 09:54.733 align:start position:17.5% line:10% size:60% Service who owns the Red River Gorge Proper. 09:55.200 --> 10:00.000 align:start position:10% line:10% size:80% They were going to possibly shut down rock climbing in the. 10:00.000 --> 10:01.466 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% North Gorge, where most of the climbing. 10:01.466 --> 10:02.900 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:42.5% Was at that time. 10:02.900 --> 10:06.766 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% And the access fund who is based out in. 10:06.766 --> 10:09.733 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% Colorado, they're the national climbing. 10:09.733 --> 10:13.000 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:65% Organization, they reached out to a gym in Lexington. 10:13.000 --> 10:15.100 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:40% And there was no organization here. 10:15.100 --> 10:17.066 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:65% And Shannon happened to be walking by the front desk. 10:17.066 --> 10:20.433 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:62.5% And the person passed her the phone, and she ended up. 10:20.433 --> 10:23.833 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% Talking, and getting people together to help work with. 10:23.833 --> 10:27.233 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% The forest service, teach them about why rock climbing. 10:27.233 --> 10:30.133 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:50% Is an important form of recreation, and why it. 10:30.133 --> 10:32.700 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:57.5% shouldn't all be closed down, and went from working. 10:32.700 --> 10:36.966 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% On a lot of this stuff in the Northern Gorge to buying. 10:36.966 --> 10:39.500 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:50% This property in the southern region in 2004. 10:39.500 --> 10:42.366 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:42.5% And continuing to expand our reach. 10:42.366 --> 10:44.100 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% And our access and all of that. 10:44.500 --> 10:49.900 align:start position:40% line:84.67% size:17.5% ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 10:50.566 --> 10:53.866 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% I've been climbing the Gorge since I started climbing. 10:54.300 --> 10:57.166 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% Like, maybe a month in, so about four years. 10:57.166 --> 10:59.533 align:start position:10% line:10% size:65% I'd say the coalition work is important because if not. 10:59.533 --> 11:02.366 align:start position:10% line:10% size:62.5% There may or may not be a local community that would. 11:02.366 --> 11:04.033 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% Pick up the slack that it would take to maintain. 11:04.033 --> 11:05.833 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:75% The trails and the bolts here. 11:06.500 --> 11:09.133 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:67.5% But with the coalition, all that type of stuff is taken. 11:09.133 --> 11:11.200 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55% Care of, and assessed, and looked after. 11:11.766 --> 11:13.066 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:55% They do awesome stuff. 11:13.066 --> 11:15.266 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55% They do a lot of trail work maintenance. 11:15.266 --> 11:17.366 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% They do a lot of education, which is the main factor. 11:18.233 --> 11:20.166 align:start position:35% line:79.33% size:32.5% In their work that they do there. 11:20.633 --> 11:23.933 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% They own more land than any other coalition for rock. 11:23.933 --> 11:25.300 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% Climbers in anywhere in the country. 11:25.866 --> 11:26.966 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:55% Including Chattanooga. 11:27.233 --> 11:28.433 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:45% So, I think that's pretty incredible. 11:28.433 --> 11:31.233 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:65% Statement to the fact that they're doing awesome work. 11:31.233 --> 11:33.733 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55% Here in preserving and protecting the land that. 11:33.733 --> 11:35.766 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% We do have, and that, that climbers are using. 11:36.633 --> 11:38.300 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% They also are really good at educating. 11:38.300 --> 11:39.566 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:75% And leave-no-trace principles. 11:40.633 --> 11:43.033 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:57.5% And they have different rules for their crags. 11:43.033 --> 11:45.466 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:65% And stuff that really help protect a lot of the. 11:45.466 --> 11:46.200 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:37.5% Features there. 11:47.033 --> 11:50.933 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% Every year at the beginning of the year, we'll come up. 11:50.933 --> 11:55.166 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:65% With priorities, this is a certain crag or wall that. 11:55.166 --> 11:57.766 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:60% Needs work, whether it's belay, base erosion. 11:57.766 --> 11:59.766 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:45% Or the trail needs to be rerouted, 11:59.766 --> 12:01.766 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:45% Or a bridge needs. 12:01.766 --> 12:03.533 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55% To be replaced, or you need a new bridge. 12:03.533 --> 12:05.500 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% Or there's a new wall that needs new work on it. 12:06.233 --> 12:08.666 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% And so, it's just kind of keeping your finger on the. 12:08.666 --> 12:11.133 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% Pulse of the whole, everything that's happening. 12:11.133 --> 12:14.600 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:52.5% On our property. It's deep holes and valleys. 12:14.600 --> 12:18.066 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:65% All throughout. And so the slope up to the cliff. 12:18.066 --> 12:19.766 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:40% Sometimes it can be pretty steep. 12:19.766 --> 12:21.733 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:65% And if people are up there climbing all the time. 12:21.733 --> 12:23.333 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:60% The soil can erode away. 12:23.400 --> 12:25.500 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% And then, the base gets lower and lower. 12:25.500 --> 12:29.466 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:60% And we try to prevent as much of that as possible. 12:29.466 --> 12:31.133 align:start position:27.5% line:10% size:47.5% It's more than just coming here to climb. 12:31.133 --> 12:33.700 align:start position:12.5% line:10% size:65% It's coming here to try to take care of this place. 12:33.700 --> 12:36.366 align:start position:30% line:10% size:37.5% And keep it the way that it is. 12:36.533 --> 12:39.033 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% The beautiful place that it is. 12:39.333 --> 12:43.633 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% We've seen massive influxes of new climbers after the. 12:44.133 --> 12:49.100 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:65% Olympics and the Free Solo movie that everybody talks. 12:49.100 --> 12:51.633 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% About, and everybody's like, have you seen Free Solo? 12:51.633 --> 12:52.666 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:42.5% I was like, yeah, I've seen Free Solo. 12:52.666 --> 12:53.733 align:start position:42.5% line:84.67% size:15% Laughs 12:53.733 --> 12:55.800 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:42.5% So, there's a few events in the last. 12:56.000 --> 12:57.933 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:65% Five years or so that have really kind of brought. 12:57.933 --> 12:59.233 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:72.5% Climbing onto the mainstream. 12:59.233 --> 13:05.166 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% And so, we're trying to curb the wave of people. 13:05.166 --> 13:06.000 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:45% Who are coming in. 13:07.033 --> 13:08.633 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5% We're welcome to everybody. 13:08.633 --> 13:11.066 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% We just wanna make sure that everybody is also educated. 13:11.066 --> 13:14.700 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% So that our climbing areas don't get destroyed because. 13:15.500 --> 13:17.533 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% They're getting loved to death a little bit. 13:17.533 --> 13:22.133 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:67.5% And that's where we've come in to help try to help them. 13:22.133 --> 13:25.233 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55% Out and make sure that people can climb and enjoy. 13:25.233 --> 13:26.866 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:62.5% It without destroying it. 13:27.400 --> 13:37.000 align:start position:40% line:84.67% size:17.5% ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 13:37.333 --> 13:46.933 align:start position:42.5% line:10% size:17.5% ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 13:47.700 --> 13:50.500 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:72.5% We're having a great day here at Pine Mountain State Park. 13:50.500 --> 13:51.666 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65% I mean, look at this view. 13:51.666 --> 13:53.766 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:65% And this is Keith Bowling. He's the naturalist here. 13:54.400 --> 13:55.433 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5% Keith, this is your office? 13:55.766 --> 13:56.500 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:32.5% It is indeed. 13:56.500 --> 13:57.533 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:40% This is amazing. 13:57.533 --> 13:59.066 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70% Does this view ever get old? 13:59.066 --> 14:02.166 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% No. And it's beautiful in different ways for each. 14:02.166 --> 14:03.300 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:42.5% different season. I'm sure. 14:03.300 --> 14:06.033 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:65% The snow capped mountains, the early spring with all. 14:06.033 --> 14:08.033 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% The wild flowers popping, everything coming back to. 14:08.033 --> 14:10.300 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:57.5% Green, the fall colors, it's just hard to beat. 14:10.300 --> 14:12.066 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55% It's hard to beat this view though right here. 14:12.066 --> 14:13.233 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% At this time of year? It is. This is my favorite. 14:13.366 --> 14:15.100 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% I'm sure this is incredibly popular. 14:15.100 --> 14:16.933 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% You all have to see a lot of traffic this time of year? 14:16.933 --> 14:17.533 align:start position:37.5% line:84.67% size:20% Oh, yes. 14:18.066 --> 14:20.066 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% We have a little bit of a lull when everybody goes. 14:20.066 --> 14:20.733 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:37.5% Back to school. 14:21.233 --> 14:22.966 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% But as soon as fall color hits, this is probably our. 14:22.966 --> 14:25.033 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:42.5% Busiest time, and rightfully so. Exactly. 14:25.033 --> 14:27.400 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:57.5% Now, this was the first state park in Kentucky. 14:27.400 --> 14:28.000 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:30% It's indeed. 14:28.533 --> 14:30.633 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% Quickly, why this was designated so and how that. 14:30.633 --> 14:30.900 align:start position:40% line:84.67% size:22.5% happened? 14:30.900 --> 14:31.366 align:start position:42.5% line:84.67% size:10% Yes. 14:32.000 --> 14:34.400 align:start position:20% line:10% size:55% So, right on the heels of the birth of the National. 14:34.400 --> 14:37.600 align:start position:17.5% line:10% size:62.5% Park Service in 1916, you had the then-governor who. 14:37.600 --> 14:40.600 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:60% Had this wonderful idea, in about '23 he thought we. 14:40.600 --> 14:43.766 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% Should develop four of Kentucky's best places. 14:43.766 --> 14:44.900 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:65% And make them state parks. 14:45.200 --> 14:47.566 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:35% So, he tasked then-state geologist. 14:47.833 --> 14:49.000 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55% Willard Rouse Jillson. 14:49.366 --> 14:51.000 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% With coming up with what he thought would be. 14:51.000 --> 14:52.300 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:52.5% The four best places. 14:52.866 --> 14:55.133 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% And one of those places that really stood out in his. 14:55.133 --> 14:56.900 align:start position:35% line:79.33% size:30% Mind was the Cumberland Gap area. 14:57.233 --> 14:59.200 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% And for the early settlers, they talked about the gap. 14:59.200 --> 15:00.466 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:65% Being about 13 miles long. 15:00.466 --> 15:02.200 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:52.5% So, we're sort of the northern terminus. 15:02.533 --> 15:04.700 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% Where the National Park today is the southern terminus. 15:04.700 --> 15:07.066 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% But he came down, and the folklore goes that he came. 15:07.066 --> 15:08.433 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:60% Down and he met the good people that lived. 15:08.433 --> 15:10.233 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% Right in the gap, some of the Beason family. 15:10.766 --> 15:12.366 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% And they said that they invited him in. 15:12.433 --> 15:14.133 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:57.5% And he gotto know them, and he just couldn't. 15:14.133 --> 15:15.566 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:42.5% Displace them off the family farm. 15:16.100 --> 15:18.400 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% And so, he was kind of going back, he was staying here. 15:18.400 --> 15:20.466 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% In Pineville, and he decided he may be. 15:20.466 --> 15:22.033 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:52.5% Needed to reformulate his new idea. 15:22.500 --> 15:24.366 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:60% And overnight, the towns people said, well. 15:24.366 --> 15:26.200 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:65% What would you think about protecting this part of it? 15:26.200 --> 15:28.866 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:67.5% And that's when this really became to where it is right. 15:28.866 --> 15:29.633 align:start position:37.5% line:84.67% size:25% Now? Yeah. 15:29.833 --> 15:31.433 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% August 9th of 1924, we became Kentucky's. 15:31.433 --> 15:32.600 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:55% Very first state park. 15:32.600 --> 15:34.966 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% Now, I'm sure this is a difficult question for you. 15:34.966 --> 15:37.166 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% But your favorite place in the park, if you were. 15:37.166 --> 15:38.866 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% Bringing somebody here that had never been there. 15:39.466 --> 15:40.733 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5% Where would you take them and why? 15:42.100 --> 15:44.133 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:65% The prettiest place in the park, in my opinion. 15:44.533 --> 15:46.066 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:62.5% Is the Laurel Cove Trail. 15:46.866 --> 15:48.600 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% That trail is part. of Kentucky State. 15:48.600 --> 15:49.233 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:40% Nature Preserve. 15:49.766 --> 15:51.966 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% So, it's afforded this whole extra layer of protection. 15:52.400 --> 15:54.200 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:40% It has beautiful rich wild flowers. 15:54.200 --> 15:55.866 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% I know people that have went all over the state. 15:55.866 --> 15:57.700 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:60% And have never seen lady slippers, and we sometimes. 15:57.700 --> 15:59.466 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% May see 40 or 50 on that trail. 16:00.233 --> 16:02.433 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% To me, that is the highlight of this park. 16:02.433 --> 16:04.600 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% Now, of course, if you've never been to our park. 16:04.600 --> 16:08.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% You have to go to the obligatory tourist trap, chain rock. 16:08.033 --> 16:10.333 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% Now, I've always said though that this is the only. 16:10.333 --> 16:11.900 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% Tourist trap you're not disappointed with. 16:11.900 --> 16:14.133 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5% Is great there? It is. 16:14.133 --> 16:16.033 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:60% If you go to the world's largest bally yarn and you. 16:16.033 --> 16:17.800 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:72.5% get there, it's a bally yarn. 16:18.200 --> 16:20.166 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% You come here and you're greeted with this beautiful. 16:20.166 --> 16:21.466 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:40% 270 degree view. 16:21.466 --> 16:23.500 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:52.5% It's unadulterated by fencing or anything. 16:23.500 --> 16:25.266 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:60% And you're looking down, you can see the spot where. 16:25.266 --> 16:26.666 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% Thomas Walker named the Cumberland River. 16:26.666 --> 16:28.733 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:42.5% You can look back and see the gap proper. 16:29.100 --> 16:30.133 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:55% You can see the river. 16:30.133 --> 16:31.666 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% I mean, it's just a beautiful breathtaking. 16:31.666 --> 16:34.000 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:65% Place, and you forget that you actually came up here. 16:34.000 --> 16:34.500 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:47.5% For a tourist trip. 16:35.100 --> 16:37.366 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% You came up here, because this is the focal point. 16:37.366 --> 16:39.133 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:65% The viewpoint of our park. 16:39.133 --> 16:40.900 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:50% Well, the whole park is absolutely beautiful. 16:40.900 --> 16:42.366 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% Keith Bowling, he's a naturalist here. 16:42.366 --> 16:42.966 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:42.5% At Pine Mountain. 16:43.366 --> 16:44.100 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:45% Thanks so much for being here with us today. 16:44.100 --> 16:44.700 align:start position:35% line:84.67% size:27.5% Absolutely. 16:44.766 --> 16:47.100 align:start position:40% line:84.67% size:17.5% ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 16:47.200 --> 16:49.700 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% From touring across the country and playing to. 16:49.700 --> 16:52.700 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% Sold-out crowds at the iconic Red Rocks. 16:52.700 --> 16:55.600 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:60% Amphitheatre in Colorado to teaching preschool. 16:55.600 --> 16:58.466 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:52.5% And social studies in classrooms in Lawrence County. 16:58.733 --> 17:02.033 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% David and Teresa Prince have firmly established. 17:02.033 --> 17:04.966 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:60% Themselves as pillars of both their local community. 17:04.966 --> 17:06.600 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:72.5% And the Kentucky music scene. 17:07.066 --> 17:10.466 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% Now, this husband and wife duo moonlight as rock stars. 17:10.733 --> 17:14.000 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:65% With their acts, Laid Back Country Picker and Luna. 17:14.000 --> 17:15.433 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:55% And the Mountain Jets. 17:16.533 --> 17:20.333 align:start position:40% line:10% size:17.5% ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 17:20.666 --> 17:24.200 align:start position:17.5% line:10% size:67.5% I get up every day, I go to Lawrence County High School. 17:24.200 --> 17:27.400 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:67.5% And I meet with some of the greatest people on the planet. 17:28.266 --> 17:30.900 align:start position:42.5% line:10% size:35% We try to make sense out of the world. 17:31.800 --> 17:34.033 align:start position:25% line:10% size:65% And then, on the weekends, I go out with my wife. 17:34.766 --> 17:37.433 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55% And we create music to try to entertain people. 17:39.200 --> 17:40.233 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:60% I'm a preschool teacher. 17:40.600 --> 17:46.333 align:start position:22.5% line:10% size:67.5% And I've done that for many years, maybe 24-25 years. 17:47.100 --> 17:51.433 align:start position:27.5% line:10% size:60% And I'm also a musician, play guitar and drums. 17:51.933 --> 18:01.900 align:start position:50% line:84.67% size:17.5% ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 18:02.366 --> 18:05.000 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:65% David and Teresa's role in the Kentucky music scene. 18:05.000 --> 18:07.300 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% They are the godfather. 18:07.300 --> 18:10.000 align:start position:37.5% line:10% size:52.5% And godmother of the Eastern Kentucky. 18:10.000 --> 18:12.266 align:start position:30% line:10% size:60% I know some people don't like the term Americana. 18:12.266 --> 18:15.166 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:45% But it encompasses so much that. 18:18.600 --> 18:21.466 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% They're everybody's mentor, they're so uncompromising in. 18:21.466 --> 18:23.166 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% Terms of, they just do what they want. 18:23.166 --> 18:27.033 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:45% And they have fun. Live. Number five. 18:27.033 --> 18:29.566 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% You are the greatest of them all. 18:29.800 --> 18:34.066 align:start position:42.5% line:84.67% size:17.5% ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 18:34.233 --> 18:35.800 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:42.5% I'm the Laid Back Country Picker. 18:36.633 --> 18:37.900 align:start position:25% line:10% size:52.5% I play country music. 18:37.966 --> 18:39.566 align:start position:15% line:10% size:70% I travel around the country. 18:39.566 --> 18:41.133 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:37.5% I tell stories. 18:41.733 --> 18:43.300 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:62.5% Some true, some not true. 18:43.666 --> 18:48.600 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% Laid Back Country Picker is the epitome of the country. 18:48.600 --> 18:52.533 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% Music singer that I would see performing around the. 18:52.533 --> 18:55.800 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:40% Tri-state in the 1970s and 1980s. 18:56.900 --> 18:58.533 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80% He's wearing snap button shirts. 18:59.500 --> 19:00.966 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80% He probably got some glasses on. 19:00.966 --> 19:04.166 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:52.5% You got a cowboy hat. He's got a guitar. 19:04.166 --> 19:06.033 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:60% And he's got a band with him that may or may not know. 19:06.033 --> 19:07.133 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:50% His songs very well. 19:07.366 --> 19:10.633 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:65% He's probably a little bit past his expiration date. 19:10.633 --> 19:12.166 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:62.5% But he doesn't know that. 19:12.166 --> 19:14.600 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% And he's going out there and he's giving the people what. 19:14.600 --> 19:15.566 align:start position:37.5% line:84.67% size:25% They want. 19:16.333 --> 19:20.433 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% Honey represents everything strong in a person. 19:20.833 --> 19:23.300 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% I mean, it can be a woman, but it could. 19:23.300 --> 19:25.033 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:40% Be just anybody. 19:25.033 --> 19:30.866 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% And she's got this familiar part of her that makes you. 19:30.866 --> 19:34.133 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:57.5% Go, oh, well, that's my grandma, that's my mom. 19:34.833 --> 19:36.300 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:72.5% Or that's my aunt, so-and-so. 19:36.433 --> 19:40.000 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% Honey is just your steadfast person that's gonna be. 19:40.000 --> 19:41.666 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:60% There when you need her. 19:42.700 --> 19:44.966 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:57.5% I think I always wanted to be a performer. 19:45.800 --> 19:46.633 align:start position:42.5% line:84.67% size:12.5% Yeah. 19:47.166 --> 19:50.833 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% Blame Fall Carnival, that was the carnival at our school. 19:51.300 --> 19:53.833 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:60% I remember seeing a band in front of the stage. 19:53.833 --> 19:58.800 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% One year, and I was like, I wanna do that. 19:59.066 --> 20:02.500 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% And I would draw myself in front of that stage in this. 20:02.500 --> 20:07.333 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% Dress, and drums, and a base, and a guitar player. 20:07.333 --> 20:09.066 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:42.5% And there's me in front of that stage. 20:09.066 --> 20:12.000 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:60% And so, that formed Luna and the Mountain Jets. 20:12.600 --> 20:17.066 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% I call it the Appalachian Rock, because it's rock. 20:18.166 --> 20:26.633 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75% But it also has that old folky mountain kind of vibe to it. 20:26.633 --> 20:31.200 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% Because there's this hit girl singing rock songs. 20:33.266 --> 20:36.466 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:42.5% As a teacher, I'm more interested in. 20:36.466 --> 20:37.200 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:40% You as a person. 20:37.566 --> 20:41.300 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55% I have to teach you my content, and I love my content. 20:41.666 --> 20:43.600 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:57.5% But I'm also interested in who you are. 20:44.200 --> 20:46.833 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% Some mornings, when I'm driving to school and I'm. 20:46.833 --> 20:49.100 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55% Thinking my goal today is to make sure the kids. 20:49.100 --> 20:52.466 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% Understand what impeachment is, and who draws up. 20:52.466 --> 20:54.300 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5% Impeachment and who has to approve it. 20:54.833 --> 20:57.333 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% Then, other days I think my job is just to make sure the. 20:57.333 --> 20:59.500 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5% Kids know to be good human beings. 21:00.233 --> 21:05.566 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:65% Luna and the Mountain Jets is to hear Teresa sing is. 21:05.566 --> 21:06.733 align:start position:37.5% line:84.67% size:27.5% It's magic. 21:08.133 --> 21:11.900 align:start position:15% line:10% size:70% The Laid Back Country Picker persona that Dave has. 21:12.566 --> 21:19.300 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5% Just gone viral with is, it's just something, it really. 21:20.500 --> 21:25.066 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% Strikes a chord with people, and so the music community. 21:25.433 --> 21:30.000 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% Benefits. But also, Monday morning they're in a. 21:30.000 --> 21:34.233 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:65% Classroom being a positive impact for the students. 21:35.900 --> 21:42.666 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:65% I would like for people to think about me and say she. 21:42.666 --> 21:46.366 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:52.5% Was a helper, because we need more helpers. 21:48.500 --> 21:52.033 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5% And everything that I do is to try to help. 21:52.033 --> 21:54.066 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% When I teach, I'm trying to help kids learn. 21:54.700 --> 21:59.933 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% When I write a song, I might be trying to help myself. 22:00.700 --> 22:03.366 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:60% When I write a song, I'm trying to help you think. 22:03.366 --> 22:05.100 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:65% That you can do something. 22:05.800 --> 22:09.700 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% I'm not as strong in things as I used to be. 22:09.700 --> 22:15.566 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55% But when tornadoes hit and all that, I wanna help. 22:16.166 --> 22:17.900 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% Because that's what you're supposed to do. 22:18.900 --> 22:21.066 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:37.5% I would like to leave behind one. 22:21.066 --> 22:24.000 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% I hope I leave behind thousands of students who. 22:24.000 --> 22:26.766 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:60% Said he helped me out in some way, or made me feel. 22:26.766 --> 22:27.833 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:45% Good about myself. 22:27.833 --> 22:28.800 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:55% I hope I've done that. 22:28.800 --> 22:31.233 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% As a teacher, that's really the bottom line. 22:31.733 --> 22:33.966 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% Musically, I hope some people find my records. 22:33.966 --> 22:36.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% And listen to them, and go, man, how do we miss this dude? 22:36.566 --> 22:39.666 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% This is better than anything buds up I'll ever do. 22:40.566 --> 22:41.900 align:start position:42.5% line:84.67% size:17.5% Laughs. 22:41.900 --> 22:43.133 align:start position:35% line:84.67% size:30% Don't Laugh. 22:44.000 --> 22:46.666 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% I want everyone to get up in the morning and just find. 22:46.666 --> 22:48.366 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80% Something that makes them happy. 22:48.666 --> 22:51.366 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:60% If they go out there and they've got four acres to. 22:51.366 --> 22:53.866 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55% Mow, but they pull the string on the lawnmower. 22:53.866 --> 22:57.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% And it starts on the first pool, that's an accomplishment. 22:57.566 --> 23:00.466 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:60% And you just bask in the glory that your mower. 23:00.466 --> 23:02.666 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% Started on the first crank, because let me tell you. 23:02.966 --> 23:04.966 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:60% There's people out there that will pull their mower. 23:04.966 --> 23:07.000 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:60% Four or five times, they don't get anything. 23:07.300 --> 23:17.266 align:start position:40% line:84.67% size:17.5% ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 23:18.466 --> 23:20.966 align:start position:30% line:10% size:60% So, our day here at Pine Mountain isn't done. 23:20.966 --> 23:23.366 align:start position:17.5% line:10% size:72.5% We're now going to go explore even more of the park. 23:23.700 --> 23:26.466 align:start position:30% line:10% size:60% And as you can see, it's right about at the peak for. 23:26.466 --> 23:28.700 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:65% The fall color season, and it's going to look amazing. 23:28.933 --> 23:31.133 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% We're going to bring you another show we're about to. 23:31.133 --> 23:32.100 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70% Shoot here in Pine Mountain. 23:32.433 --> 23:35.400 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% And we can't wait to share with you what are literally. 23:35.400 --> 23:38.833 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:60% Some of the most amazing views in the commonwealth. 23:39.400 --> 23:41.500 align:start position:25% line:10% size:65% For more information about Pine Mountain, be sure to. 23:41.500 --> 23:44.433 align:start position:35% line:10% size:55% Like the Kentucky Life Facebook page, or subscribe. 23:44.433 --> 23:47.500 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:65% To the KET YouTube channel for more Kentucky Life. 23:47.566 --> 23:50.166 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:65% Extras, where you'll learn more about this amazing. 23:50.166 --> 23:52.733 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:60% Place and have access to lots of other great videos. 23:53.066 --> 23:55.600 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% Until next time, I'll leave you with this moment. 23:56.000 --> 24:00.800 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% I'm Chip Polston, cherishing this Kentucky life. 24:05.266 --> 24:15.233 align:start position:42.5% line:84.67% size:17.5% ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪