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“Grand, Gloomy and Peculiar Place”

This is the Rotunda Room in Mammoth Cave, the first stop on our trip of National Parks.  It is the largest cave in the world.  There are three tours available and we had the gentlest one and we were glad. … Continue reading

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156 Feet Below Ground. . . . . Howe Caverns

Imagine a farmer in Upstate New York during Victorian Times discovering this underground wonderland  when he wondered where the hole with cool breeze lead.  Farmer Howe would have had only a torch or lanterns to light his path. On our … Continue reading

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