We arrived at Nolin Lake State Park yesterday around lunchtime. This is a beautiful area! The state park is well maintained, the lake is picturesque, and there is a lovely breeze. We enjoyed exploring the park and hanging out as a family.
We got up this morning excited to go to Mammoth Cave Nat’l Park for our scheduled 9:30 cave tour. We got about 5 miles down the road and there was an accident that had just happened. Luckily, everyone was ok, but the intersection of 2 small roads was completely blocked. Brad was very frustrated by this process, because things were not as streamlined as in Orlando. The cop refused to move the accident vehicles out of the way until the tow truck arrived. A man who lived at the intersection told us of a shortcut that would take us around the accident. We took it, only to find out that the shortcut just brought us to the other side of the intersection, and that was blocked also. It took us an extra hour to get to the park! Fortunately, I called the park and they were extremely friendly and helpful. Once I explained what had happened, they scheduled us for a later tour.
Once we were on our way again, we drove several miles through the national park until we came to a road sign that stated, “Road ends in water”. I know I have never seen a sign like that before. We had been warned there was a small ferry. Boy, was it small! It only holds 3 cars, and it spends the day going back and forth shuttling cars across the Green River, which is the worst name ever for what looked like chocolate-milky water!
We arrived in time to go on the 10:30 Domes and Dripstones tour of Mammoth Cave. A-maz-ing! 250 feet underground, surrounded by limestone, parts of which were dripping with water seeping from aboveground. There were also fascinating formations of stalactites and stalagmites. The most impressive was called Frozen Niagara, because the formations looked just like Niagara Falls does during extreme winters when parts of it freeze. Beautiful!
We got up this morning excited to go to Mammoth Cave Nat’l Park for our scheduled 9:30 cave tour. We got about 5 miles down the road and there was an accident that had just happened. Luckily, everyone was ok, but the intersection of 2 small roads was completely blocked. Brad was very frustrated by this process, because things were not as streamlined as in Orlando. The cop refused to move the accident vehicles out of the way until the tow truck arrived. A man who lived at the intersection told us of a shortcut that would take us around the accident. We took it, only to find out that the shortcut just brought us to the other side of the intersection, and that was blocked also. It took us an extra hour to get to the park! Fortunately, I called the park and they were extremely friendly and helpful. Once I explained what had happened, they scheduled us for a later tour.
Once we were on our way again, we drove several miles through the national park until we came to a road sign that stated, “Road ends in water”. I know I have never seen a sign like that before. We had been warned there was a small ferry. Boy, was it small! It only holds 3 cars, and it spends the day going back and forth shuttling cars across the Green River, which is the worst name ever for what looked like chocolate-milky water!
We arrived in time to go on the 10:30 Domes and Dripstones tour of Mammoth Cave. A-maz-ing! 250 feet underground, surrounded by limestone, parts of which were dripping with water seeping from aboveground. There were also fascinating formations of stalactites and stalagmites. The most impressive was called Frozen Niagara, because the formations looked just like Niagara Falls does during extreme winters when parts of it freeze. Beautiful!