Sunday, May 3, 2026

Trip to Mammoth Cave

Allen and I took a trip to Mammoth Cave last week while he was here. We also visited the Lost River seen here.

It's not really lost, it just goes underground in several spots for part of it's journey out to the gulf. The entrance was a speakeasy during Prohibition.

I had been to Mommoth Cave once before when I was a child, but there are a lot more areas opened up now. This tour was all areas I had not seen before.

In some places, it is a LONG way down to the bottom of the cave.

Lots of stairs to climb on this tour, but the guide went slow so we could all keep up.

Some areas were relatively flat and very open.

Quite a lot to see here. There were 8 or 9 tours in different parts of the cave system.

And several serious drop-offs that the catwalk went over. Allen and I both enjoyed seeing the sights here.