Fishing Cave Run

The rain finally quit, so I decided to go fishing. It was still cloudy when I got there, but soon the sun started to break through.

The water was high. That was a surprise, but we have had a lot of rain the last week. Over 6", actually.

Just last week, Cave Run Lake was a foot low, but now it is almost 3 feet high. The launch ramp at Longbow was really short. I had a good time fishing this morning even though I didn't bring anything home.
 

And a new number display

This was the old house number marker that Natalie made for the girls, but it was kind of hard to read while driving by.

 She made a new one over the weekend and I removed the old one and put up the new one yesterday. It's smaller, but the numbers are a lot easier to see. 

New mailbox

This mailbox was just one I had laying around last week when some dirtbag stole my box. According to a deputy, there were a bunch of them stolen around the area. I got a new one and Natalie wanted to make it nicer looking.

 She finished it up last night and I got it put out today. Hopefully, this one will stay around for a long while.

Fishing trip to Grayson Lake

Heather and I went to Grayson Lake this morning for a few hours of fishing. The water was quite low. This sandbar I usually float over. The shallow water bouy was laying in the middle of it.

You can see the water marks on the bridge pilings. Our usual fishing spots were still producing fish, though. We caught over a dozen and brought a larger bass home for a future lunch.

The water is normally in the whiter section. One of the usual spots was too shallow to fish, but most were ok.
 

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.

 

Fresh coat of paint

We did the power washing yesterday, getting ready for today's painting.

It looks a lot different. 

Blake came down to give us a hand. We very much appreciated it. I left a spot in the yard where we cleaned the paint guns. They made the job a lot quicker.

 It turned out decent. We were all done and cleaned up by 6:00pm

Camping in Red River Gorge

This is Mill Creek, a pretty little creek that cascades down in a stairstep. It was one of the first stops because it was very close to our campground.

The Nada tunnel was one of the things I wanted to see while we were there. We went through it several times during our stay. It was an old railroad tunnel.

The view from the top of the Natural Bridge towards Lookout Point.

One of the swinging bridges in the area. The second one was closed off because a tree fell on it and damaged it.

We also went to this attraction called The Gorge Underground. They also had clear kyacks and guided tours. Those were sold out when we were there, but we did get the boat tour.

There are some tiny bats that hibernate in the underground. The speck just to the right of the picture center is one of them.

This is Princess Arch.

We found a number of these cubby holes around. It looks like a giant ice cream scoop hollowed out some of the rock. I have seen them up on Greyson Lake, also.

The crack at Chimney top overlook.

And the view out from Chimney Top.

This one is called Angel's Window.

It is a double arch with the small one right next to the larger arch.

This one is called Whistling Arch.

 And the last one we saw is the Sky Bridge. There were more, but our legs were giving out.