Mammoth Caves

Did you know that Mammoth Caves is a National Park?  It's the longest cave in the world, over 400 miles and still unchartered sections, every year they discover more.

Hannah & Olivia got many junior ranger badges at the other NPs (national parks) we've been to, so they helped Paul work on his book.

They went on the Star Chamber lantern tour. If you're over 16, you can go on a tour without a guardian.  Each cave requires a purchased ticket, but there is no admission fee, as there are with the other NPs.  There are plenty of other things to do, hiking, listening to ranger talks that we enjoyed, that were free.

The 6 of us went on 2 tours together, Mammoth passage (which is a path that leads to some very large areas, hence the name...there are no wooly mammoth bones found in the area!) & Frozen Niagara (lots of stalactites & stalagmites).

Filled up my Nalgene water bottle many times!

Had the breakfast buffet on Tues. & Thurs. morning.  The Green River Grill has sausage from a local farm.  Greek yogurt, fresh fruit, bacon, scrambled eggs, potatoes, peppers, biscuits & gracy, custom omelettes, I got one with fresh mushrooms, onions, cheddar & fresh spinach. In all we paid under $50 (I think children under 5 were free, the girls $7.95 each, $12.95 per adult) and we ate enough so that we didn't need lunch!

Junior ranger "swearing" in!

And we got home...and had Hannah's graduation party!