Pictures from Mammoth Cave, Kentucky
Now that I'm back in DC, I can actually start downloading the photos I took all summer. Here's some from the first two days of my summer's travels, in Kentucky at Mammoth Cave.
There was a big cicada emergence happening there. This insect is 17 years old!
Cicadas weren't the only wildlife. I also saw a Tyrannosaurus rex in the trees near Cave City.
On the Wild Cave tour, we entered Mammoth Cave in a roomy passage, but were soon crawling through very small tunnels...
Caving attire: tres chic.
Fossil coral weathering out of the roof of the cave...
"Snowball" concretions on the ceiling of the Snowball Room, where there is a subterranean cafe. I had a bowl of soup and a Snickers bar from their extensive menu.
The Snowball Cafe featured a bathroom, too. I was struck by the contrast between the modern tile and ceramic fixtures and the looming limestone ceiling...
The group of folks (not one of whom I knew) after we got out of the cave and back into the sultry Kentucky summer air.
There was a big cicada emergence happening there. This insect is 17 years old!
Cicadas weren't the only wildlife. I also saw a Tyrannosaurus rex in the trees near Cave City.
On the Wild Cave tour, we entered Mammoth Cave in a roomy passage, but were soon crawling through very small tunnels...
Caving attire: tres chic.
Fossil coral weathering out of the roof of the cave...
"Snowball" concretions on the ceiling of the Snowball Room, where there is a subterranean cafe. I had a bowl of soup and a Snickers bar from their extensive menu.
The Snowball Cafe featured a bathroom, too. I was struck by the contrast between the modern tile and ceramic fixtures and the looming limestone ceiling...
The group of folks (not one of whom I knew) after we got out of the cave and back into the sultry Kentucky summer air.
2 Comments:
Looks like you had a lot of fun! I went on the kiddie version years ago...can't beat a field trip where you get to crawl through mud-covered tunnels and sit next to a "bottomless" pit while your guides make everyone turn off their headlamps to experience total cave darkness.
Still got the helmet, too. :)
I really wanted to go on the off-trail tour when we visited, but didn't have proper clothes. But the normal tour blew my mind anyway. Glad you had a good time!
(PS: I'm a lurker.)
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