After figuring out we had bought tickets for the wrong tour, we decided to take a walk/hike.
Tyler holding hands with Julia this time!
When we got down to the water we could really see how high the floods had gotten here. Notice where the brown/mud covered trees end and the green trees begin...this is the flood line.
The flood covered the handrail of the bridge that takes you to an overlook of the water.
Tanner had been totingaround his bug collector and he and Thomas worked at catching bugs along the way.
We had been seeing a bunch of little butterflies and we stopped at a spot where we noticed a bunch to try and catch one.
I thought the boys would like to see an actual ferry transporting cars across the river so in between our two cave visits we went and watched it for a few minutes.
We had to take a bus to the location of our first cave visit, of course the boys enjoyed this!
This section of the cave is still forming and is called the Frozen Niagra.
In this section of the cave there were a bunch of cave crickets...ewww!
Tanner had been totingaround his bug collector and he and Thomas worked at catching bugs along the way.
We had been seeing a bunch of little butterflies and we stopped at a spot where we noticed a bunch to try and catch one.
I thought the boys would like to see an actual ferry transporting cars across the river so in between our two cave visits we went and watched it for a few minutes.
We had to take a bus to the location of our first cave visit, of course the boys enjoyed this!
This section of the cave is still forming and is called the Frozen Niagra.
In this section of the cave there were a bunch of cave crickets...ewww!
We actually took two different cave tours, through two different entrances. Our 2nd tour took us through the only natural entrance. It was a really warm day and when we got here you could feel the coolness of the cave coming up, it felt really good.
Tyler didn't much like the cave and this section of the cave was much cooler than the other, but this tour was very informative and interesting.
This section is much older than the other one and many people had been here before
us and before regulations were in place. One of the things people used to do was smoke write on the ceiling and walls to commemorate them being there. This of course is no longer allowed, but interesting to see some writings from history. I think some dated back to the 1910s.
Tanner and I are standing in front of part of the saltpeter mine (used in gun powder), which used to be housed inside this section of the cave and because of the coolness and conditions of the cave have been preserved quite well.
Tyler didn't much like the cave and this section of the cave was much cooler than the other, but this tour was very informative and interesting.
This section is much older than the other one and many people had been here beforeus and before regulations were in place. One of the things people used to do was smoke write on the ceiling and walls to commemorate them being there. This of course is no longer allowed, but interesting to see some writings from history. I think some dated back to the 1910s.
Tanner and I are standing in front of part of the saltpeter mine (used in gun powder), which used to be housed inside this section of the cave and because of the coolness and conditions of the cave have been preserved quite well.
We had been watching the weather all morning, because storms were being called for in the evening and on Sunday. We had decided after our second cave tour that we would go back to the campsite and cook dinner before heading home, mainly because we didn't want to have to pack up tomorrow in the rain, but as we were sitting their we noticed radar looked like rain was on the way! Instead we decided to go somewhere to eat before heading home. Joy picked up some rock candy for the kids which they enjoyed!
We really enjoyed ourselves even though we had to break camp early. I am looking forward to our next camping trip...which for me is so out of the ordinary!
We really enjoyed ourselves even though we had to break camp early. I am looking forward to our next camping trip...which for me is so out of the ordinary!
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