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| A little bat we saw hanging from the ceiling. |
Today we went to Mammoth Cave National Park which is the longest cave in the whole world! We saw a cave salamander, two bats, and a lot of cave crickets. They turned off the lights halfway down into the cave! You couldn't even see your hands. It was creepy.
Our first adventure of our road trip (Tuesday) started out visiting the Lincoln Museum and the Lincoln Memorial, Lincoln's birthplace. The Lincoln Museum had dioramas going through his life and what happened. I liked that best. We got to see the log cabin Lincoln would have lived in which isn't to big, 15 feet long and 12 feet wide. That was really cool.
The next day we traveled into the longest cave system in the world (Mammoth Cave)! We had two tours. One was a historical tour, and the other was a one about formations. One cool and amazing fact we learned at the historical tour was that a African American slave (Steven Bishop) was the first one to really explore the caves and caverns alone and made many daring decisions. He also made the cave tours a lot better because he learned a lot about caves and then shared the facts to the visitors.
Some of the wildlife we observed in the cave were an adorable little cave salamander, tons of cave crickets, and and two cute tiny bats! It was a very successful first time!
Elliott-I would have freaked out when they turned the lights out.!
ReplyDeleteMadalyn-When did Steven Bishop discover this cave? Did he use it to hide escaping slaves?
Elliot - When the turn off the lights is my LEAST favorite time of that tour! I was so scared when they did it!
ReplyDeleteMaddy - I'm a little jealous that you got to see Lincoln's cabin! It's the only stop on his "life tour" that I haven't been able to get to...yet. I've been to Springfield, IL and Ford's Theatre and The Petersen House in Washington, DC. Did you know that Jake was born on the 138th anniversary of Lincoln's death? :)