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| So on the way home I had to stop at my 2nd most fav show cave. | I went here when I was 10 with the fam, then 18, then 30, then 42 and now 67 years old. Good cave. | The tour guides always talk about the fines but the laws are posted here. |
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| The tram is gone that took you down so now you have to walk. It was 85 degrees yesterday, today a cold 37!!! | But the cave is high humidity and about 78 degrees so anyone wearing a jacket soon shed it. | Soda Straws... nothing like the 5 foot ones in the new Natural Bridge cave but LOTS of them. |
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| Hollow on the inside like a straw... water comes though the middle and drips off leaving the calcite behind to grow more soda straw. | Flowstone | I just like this cave... don't know why... just cool formations and right on the trail! |
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| Giant Ice cream cone on right with kids lined up on left to get it. Good guide with good stories like this. | ||
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| The hole that discovered the cave. Drilling for I-35 and the drill bit disappeared!! <grin> | Giant Flowstone.. is wider than an 18 wheeler and as tall as a 2nd story building. | Used to be an entrance in the ice age. then collapsed and flowstone grew since then. |
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| Underground lake room. End of line. Turn back and go out of the cave from here. | These pools are misleading. They look to be shallow but can be 5 to10 to 20 ft. deep. That's how clear the water is. And so calm that the reflections from the celing show. | |
