We started Day 2 heading over to the Visitor Center to get our tickets for an afternoon cave tour. Since we didn't do any hiking yesterday (opting for just driving around to explore), we decided to see some of the above-ground features of the park in the morning. We took a trail just off the Visitor Center that went down and along the Green River and looped back up to another area of the Visitor Center.
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| The boardwalk down to the trail was the perfect time to bust a move. |
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| Lucia approves of Mammoth Cave NP |
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| Family pic at Green River overlook |
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| Hiking - in motion |
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| Little girl, Big tree |
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| Finishing up her Junior Ranger work during lunch |
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| Particularly interested in how chemical spills have affected the Green River |
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| Junior Ranger work being reviewed |
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| She passed! |
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| Our Junior Ranger! |
Our second cave tour of the trip was called the "
Domes & Dripstones" tour and was a completely different cave experience from the large cavernous Mammoth Cave. This tour still had a lot of actively forming features (hence the dripstones). We took a bus to a different entrance and learned more about the history of cave exploration in the area. Before it was a National Park many different individuals were attempting to gain fame and fortune by finding new caves and leading tours. Unfortunately no good pictures of the inside of this tour. There were a lot of stairs. Another item of note were the GIANT spiders that we had to walk under as we entered the cave. Big and ugly.
After our cave tour we headed back to the campsite to pack up and relax. We're done with camping and hoping to make it to Columbia, Missouri tomorrow. We have recommendations for a good pizza place there and very much looking forward to showers!
All these photos are great, the family pic, in particular. But the ranger outfit pics are adorable too.
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