In the lobby is their mascot.
You can put in your guess as to what it is!
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| Western Kentucky University |
God did not make caves wheelchair accessible, however we did our best to offer Monica a tiny glimpse of a cave experience.
As such we did some caves that would not normally be on the tourist''s agenda and did not do some caves that would be!
The Lost River Cave Experience
Dave carried Monica down some steps to a longish ramp to an underground river boat. Then he lifted her into the boat and held her on the bench seat for the duration.
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| In the boat |
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| In the boat |
Monica's perspective
I did not think I would be able to do any caves today, however, Mom and Dad had high hopes that they could make at least a little bit of caving experience available to me.
Once we got down to the underground river, Dad had to stand me up as the boat had not arrived yet! He got me on the boat, and we got underway.
And then the excitement.
There was a long low rock ceiling we all had to jack knife our bodies over so we didn't clunk our heads! Dad bent me low over his lap - I thought I was going to throw up! But, neither of us got smacked.
One interesting thing about this cave was that becaue it was down in a valley, if they get one inch of rain, it floods out and theriver would be up beyond where a boat could get through. It has a long history of flooding.
The Outlaw Cave
This one I was able to do about half of and then there were steps. The floor was uneven, and went up and down, but I managed. They think that it was one of the cave that the outlaw Jesse James hid in!
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| The caves are all about 54-57 degrees. And it's about 100 degrees and so humid outside |
Anna-Lee's Perspective
I enjoyed the third cave we explored today. It was called the Diamond Cave and had stalactites, stalagmites, pillars popcorn formation, bacon formations, and a bunch more.
There were 356 stairs! And they were sometimes slippery, sometimes steep like a ladder or like the light house we went up in PEI!
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| We were not allowed to touch any part of the walls or formations as the oil on our fingers would stop it from growing as the water drips and minerals form. But, this stalacmite was cut and polished and we were allowed to feel it |
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| No bats in this cave |
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| We kept getting told "watch your head, watch your back and watch your step!" |
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| God is truly amazing with how creative He is |
And finally, Mammoth Cave in Mammoth Cave National Park. We went to the Visitors Centre, their museum (evolution world view), and then were able to just take a peek inside the entrance. We did not go on a tour at these caves. Again, not wheelchair accessible.
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| Decontamination area. In these caves there are bats and there is a disease they are getting called white nose disease. It is killing them, so if you go in a cave where it is, you have to decontaminate so you do not carry it out and infect other colonies of bats in other caves. |
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