Comments on: It Grew! Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky

By: Heather

Heather — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 19:00:00 +0000

Jollyjo: Short life; big world (hence, the “sense of adventure”). I think we all have to enjoy it the way we personally can enjoy it. I understand your aversion (and can’t say I’m wild about encountering the occasional bat), but the geology and history is truly fascinating!

By: Jollyjo

Jollyjo — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 18:24:48 +0000

Heather…your sense of adventure hath no bounds….the caves though…ahhh, I really don’t know because they totally freak me out!

By: Heather

Heather — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:22:11 +0000

Intrepid: The curse of the well-traveled… Although the more you see, the more you want to see, I think.

Graham: The most expensive one is the “Wild Cave” tour, a highly physical, small group spelunking adventure that takes the better part of a day and takes visitors to some areas not available to regular tour groups.

Brian: ~And I’ve seen the billboards for Ruby Falls on various road trips! We thoroughly enjoyed Mammoth Cave. I planned the trip for the kids but enjoyed it just as much myself.

Billy: It seems incredible that they’ve not yet found the end of the cave system! As for the spelunking, I’m definitely into the climbing; the tight spaces would be mentally challenging… If not for the minimum age requirement (16 years), we’d have done the “Wild Cave” tour I mentioned above.

Fly Girl: I’ll be sharing more specifics on what we did in the next week or so, but yes, parts of Mammoth Cave look like locations in an “Indiana Jones” movie. -Very fun for kids AND their parents too!

Mark: I bet the other is Carlsbad? I’ll be writing about more of our underground time later this week. Even after our longer four and a half hour trek, we hated to leave!

Tina: Some of the formations were truly stunning.

By: Tina

Tina — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 01:07:12 +0000

It sounds attractive to me:)

By: Mark @ TravelWonders

Mark @ TravelWonders — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 05:37:12 +0000

One of my two dream cave places to visit in the US. I’d love to know more of your underground impressions.

By: Fly Girl

Fly Girl — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:29:37 +0000

Now this sounds like a really kid-friendly travel excursion. We took our kids through caves in the Dominican Republic but it never ocurred to me that we could do something similar nearby! Thanks for the tip!

By: BillyWarhol

BillyWarhol — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 19:51:06 +0000

367 Miles of Cave is Amazing!! Now I wanna be a Spelunker!! )

By: Brian D. Hawkins

Brian D. Hawkins — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 19:37:34 +0000

Mammoth Cave sounds like a nice place to visit. I have seen the billboards on I-65 on my trips to Nashville when I was an over the road truck driver.

The only cave I’ve seen is Ruby Falls on Lookout Mountain in Chattanooga, TN. in 1989 right after I got out of the Army. It was a fun time.

By: Jean-Luc Picard

Jean-Luc Picard — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 17:05:11 +0000

A $48 cave tour sounds expensive. It must cover a lot of ground.

By: Intrepid

Intrepid — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 04:27:57 +0000

I know what you mean about things shrinking. Some things just don’t size up to my childhood memories. I wonder if we’ll be saying that in another 30 years. “Wow, Planet Earth just doesn’t seem to be as big as it was when I was in my 40′s” Excuse my humor. It’s a tad bit off I know. Great post! I love your comment about this outing not being weather dependent. A nice place to go whenever!