Vacation Lee at Wolfe-Gilbert House

06/15/2026

Summer is bearing down on us! Lack of rain is a challenge, but with it is sunshine! Come visit us this summer, fall is booking fast also. All you need is your suitcase! call or message, VacationLee.com.

05/25/2026

We're ready to celebrate 250 years of America, here, near Yokum Station, just off the wilderness road in SW Virginia. We'll have our 10 year celebration this fall since opening Wolfe-Gilbert House and continue to work on the property. Truly a labor of love, emphasis on labor.😁
Be on watch for golden zucchini 🍋🥒and baked potato🥔🍈 squash as the fields here are back in action this season.
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05/07/2026

Yesterday before the rain came. Hope this brightens your day!

04/04/2026

That's us, right here in the beauty of it all!

You'll find us at the westernmost tip of Virginia -- wedged tightly between Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia and North Carolina. We are the Heart of Appalachia, literally the center point of the Appalachian Mountains and here is where you will find our Appalachian Backroads. We like to call them and our region as "the Best of Virginia's West." It's the perfect area to explore on two wheels. Request your free guide or download maps at appalchianbackroads.com.

04/04/2026

Stay with us!

It's not too early to start planning your summer vacay! Check out our 14 Appalachian Backroads routes! Request your free guide at appalachianbackroads.com or download maps at the same place! We can;t wait to see you this summer!

04/01/2026

Big thanks to visitors this past month from SC, TX, KY, Northern VA and 🦘 AUSTRALIA!

03/28/2026

Shout out to C&E cleaning services, Chad did an awesome job on the house wash, getting us ready for our guests this spring 🧳🪺🐰🌸🌱

03/24/2026

New peach trees last year.🐝🍑🌸

03/11/2026

Only 45 minutes to Cumberland Gap National Park and the crater!

A meteorite hit southeastern Kentucky 300 million years ago and left a 3-mile-wide crater in the mountains.

In 1886, Alexander Arthur — backed by British investors — built a city inside it. He came for iron and coal, and what followed was one of the most ambitious company towns in Appalachia: streetcar lines, electric lights, and a population that swelled past 6,000 within a year.

Middlesboro is the only city in the world where coal is mined inside an impact crater. In 1926, locals built a house from 42 tons of coal — it still stands on Cumberland Avenue as the Chamber of Commerce.

The Bell County Historical Society & Museum, housed in a 1912 Carnegie Library, displays shatter cones from the impact alongside the county’s coal heritage. And the Pinnacle Overlook at Cumberland Gap National Historical Park gives you a view straight down into the crater basin.

Middlesboro is part of the Kentucky Coal Heritage Trail in Eastern Kentucky. Download the free app for audio histories and navigation across the trail.

02/01/2026

Snow! It won't be long until spring. Make reservation plans now.