Tomorrow we bring in our coach and leave for Dubai.
On our way from Chattanooga to Elkhart we passed by Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky. Since we can’t pass up stopping at a National Park and we haven’t stayed in Kentucky we decided to make a stop.
The park has many cave tours. We decided to take two tours. The first is “The History Tour”. and a second tour “ Domes and Dripstones Tour” the next day.
The History Tour is 2 miles and 2 hours. We talked it over and said, “we can handle that”. Big mistake. First we are not as young as we used to be. Second it is dark, with uneven walk ways and squeezing through tight spots. Not to mention all of the steps, mostly UP. Add to that, Ann does not see well in the dark. The Rangers on the tour were great. Well informed and waited for everyone to catch up before explaining something new.
Before the tour was over, Ann informed me she was done with cave tours and she was going to return her ticket for the next day, and if I wanted to go, she would wait for me. Back at the Visitor Center, I checked out the tour. It is a shorter tour, but much more strenuous, so I returned my ticket too.
We still did enjoy the tour. But it will be our last Cave Tour. Period.
Next day, on to Elkhart.
Visitor Center
Cave opening
Cave Tour
This is the way it looks when you are in the Cave
These pictures were taken with a very high ISO (sensitivity) so it look very bright.
This is Graffiti from before the Cave was taken over by the National Park Service.
Life is Great on the Roan Road…
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