The livin' is easy Farmer Albert Lewis finds some time to kick his feet up and enjoy the scenery from the front porch of his home on rural Mammoth Cave Road.

Johana Love, an employee at Big Mike's Rock and Gift Shop in Cave City, crosses the river on the way to her house north of Mammoth Cave National Park.

Ferry pilot David Hatcher has a smoke while taking a load of cars across the river. He'll finish the short ride before he finishes his cigarette. The three-car ferry provides a shortcut to the park's north entrance.

Ferryman Dave Hatcher waits for cars during the last few minutes of his shift. As night falls, ferry users are few and far between.

After his eight-hour shift, Green River ferryman David Hatcher paddles to his car on the north side of the river. Hatcher leaves the ferry on the south bank to make life easier for the pilot on the morning shift, who lives south of the park. The ferry runs from 6 a.m. to 9:55 p.m.