Varied Skies

Caves and Corvettes

Travel is the enemy of the same – cabermj

Blue skies over Diamond Caverns heralded our first full day on the road.

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M3 and L could not resist the draw of the RV park mini golf course so we knocked it out before it got too hot sweated through 18 holes despite the early hour.  I forget who won, but I will say the course had seen better days and was not well suited for those of us actually inclined to line up a put.

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Fresh off the course, the kids knuckled down at Mammoth Cave National Park and earned their Junior Ranger badge while waiting for our tour.

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Our appointed tour time finally arrived and we descended into the depths of Mammoth Cave.  At a cool 54 degrees, the Cave provided welcomed relief from the afternoon heat.

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Mammoth Cave is the largest cave system in the world with over 400 miles of charted passageways.  We hiked 2 miles as part of the Historic Tour, learning about geology and the history of the cave.  The experience received a thumbs up from the more demanding critics.

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An early post-cave dinner at Turtlelini’s in Horse Cave, KY, proved better than anticipated.

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Stormy skies greeted us today.  Fortunately, we had planned to tour the Corvette Assembly Plant in Bowling Green.  [no pictures permitted inside]

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With weather alerts sounding, we eagerly walked the length of the factory watching the assembly of one of the world’s fastest production cars.  Cool.

The skies cleared and a terrific sunset along with an evening walk capped a great day.

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