Mammoth Caves, Kentucky

I haven't done a full-on photo travel post for a while. So now that my external harddrive is working again, here are a few pictures from my nervous breakdown trip last April.

Aaaah, the ways in which I am a dork, let me tell you them. I think the favorite part of my entire trip was all of the random information the park ranger gave us during the cave tour. Like about the geologic creation of the caves (a shell of rock right under the soil and the rest of the caves were worn away by underground rivers), or how they were used to make gunpowder during the Revolutionary War (and tools and things are still there), or how local gentry used to use the Rotunda for balls in the middle of summer. It's also funny how vandalism done in the 18th and 19th centuries is now of historic value so that can't be erased but if anyone tries to vandalize them now ze could be in serious trouble.

There really wasn't anything in that part of Kentucky other than the national park, but I really didn't need anything else. If only all of my nervous breakdowns could be so much fun.

( Kentucky in the Spring )

( Down Into the Bowels of the Earth )

It was an excellent trip. Now I just have to go to all of the other national parks. That might take some doing.

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