After a morning at our last National Park, Mammoth Cave, we started the last leg: Kentucky to home. Mammoth Cave was wonderful, an end as awesome as the beginning. We didn't see any stalagmites or stalactites, but saw instead the enormous caverns and tight key holes of the historic tour. I was fascinated by the historic graffiti left by 19th century visitors, etched into the rock or left by candle soot held to the ceiling. The enormity of the longest cave in the world was clear to us...more than 400 miles of tunnels. We marched through for 2 hours and then had lunch and began the 10 hours home. We decided to do it all in one day and sleep in our own beds tonight. I am sad for the trip to end, as it has been a great experience, but everyone is tired. Better to end before we get too cranky!
No comments:
Post a Comment