Today we had breakfast at the Flying J and guess what? I had Sweet Cream Pancakes - yum! After breakfast we headed to the Meramec Caverns. It was raining pretty hard so it was the perfect day to sightsee inside the cave! The underground river runs through the first floor of the caverns and is only a couple of feet deep. It is strange walking along side the river when you are under ground! The batguana (bat poop) produced saltpeter deposits which was used in a gun powder formula. The mill in the cave was blown up duing the Civil War by the Confederate guerrillas of whom Jesse James was a member. The story is that after the war he and his band used the cavern as a hideout. There is over 26 miles of cavern but you only see a small portion of it on the tour. The last part you see is "The Stage Curtain". The stalagtites (from the ceiling) are 70 feet high, 60 feet wide and 35 feet thick. They have a dramatic light and musical presentation using the curtain which is very cool. The temperature in the cavern stays 60 degrees all year long. Since it was only 48 outside, the cavern was comfortable!
After our cave and gift shop tour, we hurried back to the RV so I could get some laundry done. Would you believe the water is turned off because they are working on it! So I decided to blog instead!
Cave sightseeing and blogging..."Ain't Life Grand!"
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