Our extended family fall break Gatlinburg vacation extravaganza is finally here! We hit the road last night and made a quick stop in Indianapolis to have dinner and pick up Popi and Maria, then continued south to lovely (I'm sure; we didn't actually see that much of it in the daylight) Corydon, Indiana, and crashed at a hotel alarmingly close to some very dark railroad tracks. This morning, we made our first vacationy stop, at Marengo Cave. There were 19 of us, so we had our own private tour group.
I've been to Mammoth Cave a couple of times, and was really impressed and awed, but I have to say that Marengo Cave just blows it out of the water by comparison. It is a much more personal experience since the path winds right next to and through incredible rock formations. In some places, the rock formations bisect narrow paths, so you have to watch out ... or trip over them. We did a combination tour of two different trails, so we had two hours of looking at every different rock formation you could imagine. There was even one place where we could throw coins up at the ceiling and stick them in the stone! There were some underground ponds too, and I think those were my favorite, because they were so still and reflected the formations above them in a way that made it seem like we were looking at a big hole in the ground instead of a reflection. Even after our guide told us what we were looking at, I still had trouble processing it that way. So neat!
And now is the part where I hit you with a zillion pictures, because I just couldn't stop. Cousins! Aunts! Rocks! Even really old graffiti and an underground waterfall! Behold the splendor.
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