We rented a car and drove to central
Kentucky to visit Mammoth Caves. These are
the longest cave in the world. It is
400 mapped miles long! However it is within
a 7 by 7 mile area that crisscrosses back and forth underground. They were spectacular. We went on a 2 hour underground tour then
came back in the afternoon and went on another 2 tour in a different part of
the cave. There was one room that was as
large as a football field underground. Many
of these passages are so big – HUGE tunnels underground. Most of the cave is plain rocks (limestone and gypsum). Teher were Indian drawings and mining artifacts in it. One part
of it held most of the stalactites and stalagmites – those were so cool!
We really enjoyed being away from
water and actually getting to see some of rural Kentucky. We are in the Bible Belt now. There are little churches everywhere. Even a little town of a few hundred
people
will have several churches. Side of a barn next to the road
people
will have several churches. Side of a barn next to the road
Rural Kentucky is beatiful, very green with rolling hills and hardwood trees. There are lots of deer and wild turkeys everywhere. It is pretty low income. We saw almost as many old dilapidated
trailers as homes. A lot homes are old, tiny
2 room houses with a porch and rocking chair or couch on it - and someone sitting there. In the grocery store almost of the food is the
cheaper, not healthy stuff. It’s hard to
eat healthy around here! You don’t see much
whole wheat bread, special water, fruit or vegetables– lots of soda pop, white
bread, potato chips, twinkies, etc.
We had dinner at a local restaurant
and I had catfish for the first time. Catfish is really popular around here and
lots of places offer all you can eat catfish.
It was great! It actually tasted like whitefish (of course
mine was coated with orange marmalade and rolled in crushed pecans then baked.)
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