We drove thru Tennessee and into Kentucky to fill in the big hole in the middle of our states map. We decided on Mammoth Cave National Park located in Cave City about 90 miles north of Nashville. The drive was a little longer than we like, but went smoothly and we beat the incoming cold front and storm. We arrived at Singing Hills RV park which gave us a site off by ourselves next to an open field. It is a small, older park, but has full hook ups and our site is really long. It doesn't have a laundry room which is very unusual, but it is only two miles from the park entrance.
44 states in 15 months - not bad
The weather is predicting a cold front with a 40% chance of snow for the next day and for once was right on the money. We awoke to a beautiful white layer of snow everywhere and since it didn't get above 38 degrees all day, it actually stuck.
We did drive to the visitor center to check out the available cave tours and buy our tickets. Mammoth Cave is the longest cave system found in the world at over 400 miles long. It is different from the other caves we have toured in that it is very dry and therefore doesn't have many formations. The Green River responsible for forming the cave system is now 370 feet below the surface. We decided on the Historical Tour which entered thru the entrance they have been using for two hundred years. Can you imagine women in their full long dresses complete with corsets carrying lanterns hiking down into the cave? Our guide was excellent with the perfect amount of knowledge without the effort at humor that some of them try. Since we weren't allowed to use a flash, none of my pictures of the inside of the cave came out.
The Historic Entrance
Coming soon.... Tom Sawyer RV park on the Mississippi
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