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Mammoth Cave

Yesterday was the big take off of our trip when we drove around, our destination, Elizabethtown in Kentucky. It was a very windy day to be starting the trip, but at least we were not planing on camping that day. We slept in a small Motel with happiness, knowing that we had gotten through our long first day. I am very happy that we got out nine and a half hour drive over with because I never want to drive that much at a time again. The next day me and Lucy went for a quick swim in the motels warm pool, and then headed out to the Mammoth Cave. Mammoth Cave is a very big cave in Kentucky near Cave City. Domes and Dripstones was our tour for the day. We went into the cave and looked around at all of the cool types of rocks and minerals. My favourite type is stalactites which are drippy rocks that come from the ceiling of the cave. You can’t see them moving, but you can see all the cool patterns that they create and how old they really are from there size. When we came out of the cave we needed to clean our feet because of a disease that bats get, and we don’t want to carry it into other caves. We got back in the car and drove to our campsite in Tennessee where we ate dinner and warmed ourselves up before we got into our beds to fall asleep. Camping in February! Craziness!


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  1. BethieJH26 February 2019 at 18:28

    I agree that camping in February is crazy Miriam! Sounds like you had a fun time spelunking :) So excited to hear all about Nashville. Hope you get to see some live country music 🎶.

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  2. Unknown27 February 2019 at 12:10

    The beginning of the adventure sounds very cool! I've always wanted to see stalactites. Is Tennessee warm at this time of year? From your class:)

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    1. Szerminska28 February 2019 at 21:12

      From Miriam: Tennessee is quite warm (15-20C in the day) but it can get cold at night. The first night we camped, there was frost outside in the morning.

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