A Day At The Cave

Today I decided that we needed to do something new and educational. Yeah, my family gives me that look too. Anyway, we went to a cave not too far away called Indian Echo Caverns. The day went really well. We started with lunch at a little cafe at the entrance to the caves. Then we went in and got our tickets. It was the kids first time in a cave and they both seemed nervous about what they would see. Getting Brandon to understand that he couldn't touch the rocks was a little hard. Touching the rocks will kill the growing process that the rocks are in. Something about leaving oils on the rocks and inhibiting the water flow. The formations were beautiful. In the end, they both seemed to have fun and liked the stuff they saw. After the tour I bought both of them a bag of dirt to pan. It was one of the things that is really cool about these caves. Lauren wanted a gem bag and Brandon wanted a fossil bag. I was surprised about how many stone and fossils they found. After that we went back to the cafe and had some ice cream.