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Cave City Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Cave City, United States
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Day 40
2010 U.S. Road Trip – Day 40 - 7/28/2010 – Cave City, KY The kids played in the arcade before leaving the Great Wolf Lodge this morning. We are heading to Kentucky today. On our way we noticed the Lincoln Tavern Memorial in Kentucky so we ...
Why?
... and went on to ask the clerk at the counter "how much are them maters?". This sounds so hickish. But that's pretty much Cave City in a nutshell. I repeatedly try to convince myself that the more I get away from this town the more I will lose the southern ...
Into the South
... that my adrenal glands are fully functional. As much fun as those roads are to ride they don't allow you to cover many miles so I hop back on a major highway to get some miles under my wheels before I set up camp just outside Mammoth Cave National ...
Mammoth Cave National Park
... good job. That this California boy's first impression when i saw the actual rock formation. The 3/4 mile hike through the cave was like a Disney line. You wonder up and down stairs, circle around 3 to 4 times, and stop wait, then ...
Kentucky, USA - 05
Kentucky We briefly jumped into Kentucky, specifically to Cave City to visit the Mammoth Cave National Park. Cave City itself was a cute country town once you moved away from the interstate (we did get a few dirty looks though when a local farmer saw us ...
DID YOU SAY CAVE CITY? . . .WE DID COME!!
... ALSO, TAUGHT A CLASS AT A CHRISTIAN WOMENS RETREAT THAT FRIDAY OF THE WEEKEND IN BETWEEN THE TWO WEEKS. THEN WE TOOK OFF TO CAVE CITY. WHAT A WONDERFUL, LAID BACK, UNIQUE, VACATION THIS WAS. WELL, WE WOUND UP HAVING TO TAKE A SMOKING ROOM WITH A ...
Horseback Riding
After 45 years, Mag wanted to try horseback riding again. Why not, Kentucky is known for horseback riding. Mag's horse was called Rebel; Roger's was called Ralph. Each horse weighed about 600 lbs. and were gentle and ...
Mammoth Caves
... by groundwater. We followed the course of water from ridge top to river bottom and witnessed the persistence and power required to create geologic marvel. We experienced "Fat Man's Misery"; a trail in the cave that was narrow, low, crooked and ...
National Corvette Museum & Factory
National Corvette Museum is located in Bowling Green. It's located in a 68,000 square foot superstructure featuring an amazing, 11 story-high Skydome. It features an ever changing collection of more than 70 dream Corvettes. It holds rare classics, ...
Arrive Cave City, Kentucky
Left Pigeon Forge, TN early morning and arrived in Cave City, KY in early afternoon. It was a five hour drive but we gained an hour since Kentucky is in the Central time ...
Canoeing the Green River
The canoe trip on the Green River was approximately 7.5 miles. It began at Dennison Ferry (located within the Mammoth Cave National Park) and ended at the Green River Ferry. It took us about 3 hours with a stop along the way for ...
Churchill Downs and Kentucky Derby Museum
Churchill Downs is the home of thoroughbred horse racing. It opened in 1875 and celebrated its 135th anniversary in 2009. The race occurs the 1st Saturday in May each year. It's followed by famous Preakness then Belmont Stakes races. If the horse comes ...
Abraham Lincoln Birthplace & Boyhood Home
Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809 in Hodgenville, KY. He was the son on Thomas and Nancy Lincoln. In December 1808, the Lincolns bought the Sinking Spring Farm which consisted of 348 acres, a cabin, a spring and a creek for $200. Typical ...
Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory
The majority of bats are made from mountain white ash and maple trees obtained along the NY and PA border. Each year about 1.2 million bats are produced. Approximately 10% of them are major league bats; the remainder are used for minor league, little ...
Lost River Cave Tour
... a one of a kind water-powered mill inside the cave entrance. In the fall of 1861, Confederate forces used the Lost River Cave as a temporary shelter. One year later, 44,000 Union troops from the 14th Corp camped at Lost River before moving on to ...
Nashville to Mammoth Caves
... the number of people who lived there. Also toured neighboring Tulip Grove Mansion -- only the first floor is open. Drove to Cave City. Tried swimming but pool too chlorinated; yeech. Walked across street for dinner. Then walked to town. After, went to ...
Underground we go
Well the caravan to Cave City went really well. Nice to have other travelling with us in case of problems. They all could travel faster than us but they slowed down and we speeded up and we all stuck together. Our gps is not working well ...
Hiking and caving
Started out the day walking around Mammoth cave national park on the small hiking trails around green river. Was going to book a tour to actual mammoth cave but we had already missed the only tour so we drove a few miles up the road tp privately owned ...
'Twas the Night Before the Ireland Vacation
... Emerald Isle, aka, Ireland!! A 4:30 AM alarm will come awfully early, but I'm ready to head on down the highway to the Windy City (Chicago) for the first leg of this trip. George and I will pick up Catie at 5 AM, and we'll be eating a ...
Yes, it is a Mammoth Cave
... It wasn't until after the War of 1812 ended and the need for and price of saltpeter dropped that they started giving tours of Mammoth Cave. Carlsbad Caverns National Park also started out as a mine, but for bat guano. While the ranger's stories were ...
Lazy day
I guess today was our lazy day considering I mostly spent my day in the car with Carson while mom and dad were looking for a camping ground for us to stay at for 4 days. Tomorrow we are going to see the sears tower, Hancock building, and the field ...
Birthday!!!
Well today is my birthday!!!!!!:))))))))):)))))):))))):))):):))))::))):))):) I woke up and no one even egnoledges me.:( to me it felt like they forgot my birthday. My parents ended up getting in a bad fight because my mom forgot to give me my birthday ...
This was fun.
... cameras have been in Carlsbad, and Blanchard springs. So we had to disinfect our shoes because both pairs of them have been in a cave with the disease. Mammoth does not have it yet>>>>>>> you need to picture this Steve ...
Heading South
We began our trip to the Gulf Coast with a long drive stopping just outside of Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky. We did stop for a tour of the Louisville Slugger Factory and Museum. It was kinda cool to see them making baseball ...
2 days of rest and wonderful people
I'm ready to get back on the bike tomorrow and finish my journey to the end in just a few short weeks. The last 2 days of rest have been just what I needed....The campground was quite and I met alot of nice, sweet people and got a lot accomplished, ...
Long Live the Underground!
... to chirping birdies and woodland smells. We broke camp and headed straight to the visitor's center for an 8:30AM tour into Mammoth Cave. After an amazing tour, we rode a circuit through the park that included two ferry rides and a short gravel ...
There are times when you just have to do.
... It was of moderate rating. But I saw a sink hole and that is usually where caverns and caves are found. I also found the cave that has been closed off and it just so happens to be called White's cave Love it. We alo took the Ferry ...
Jurassic park
In an attempt again to avoid the massive downpour of rain I thought I would stop here for a moment until the heavy rain had passed, great idea until 85%25 of the attraction is outdoors hahaha. It was a lovely walk in the rain ...
no fire
... St. Louis. We didn't know we made a right turn for Chicago. We turned around and ended up through the middle of the city. Which would have been ok but I didn't see the fine red print on the map "I-64...will be completely closed in 2009". So we ...
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