Kentucky fall colors, Mammoth Cave National Park. we started our three mile hike on the Green River Bluffs Trail, connected with the Echo River Spring Trail, up to Sunset Point and ended with the Heritage Trail.
It is hard to miss where the Louisville Slugger Museum is located.
Up to bat, John holding a bat that Babe Ruth used.
I love my bat.
Underground zip line, they offer many different activities. It’s an old limestone mine, approximately 110 acres, a business man purchased from the city and he ‘rents’ space back out to the city of Louisville to store their road salt. They also have storage for boat, rv’s, antique cars etc. since it’s a constant temperature they don’t need to worry about winterizing.
Go to hell zip line, the first zip lines were fun and when we got to the longer faster ones they had a different breaking system and it was a little jolting.
In our gear, it was our first time zip lining in the USA, lots of rules and regulations here.
Next, inside Mammoth Cave
During our Domes and Dripstones tour at Mammoth Cave we got to see Frozen Niagara. The tour starts with a steep narrow metal 280 step staircase, it’s two hour tour and under one mile. Coming up you climb a couple ‘submarine’ staircases.
No flash photography inside the cave, reason being the tours are so big (can be over 100 people) it causes a strobe light effect. Right now the cave has over 400 miles of mapped passages, we were surprised at how many large areas there were.
Some small passage ways, they even have one called fat mans misery. It wasn’t as bad as it sounds, it was about 18″ wide but it only about three feet high. We took the Historic tour (about a two mile hike, two hour tour) in the afternoon, when we booked the tour, 48 hours in advance, there was over 80 spaces left. The tour was near sell out, way to many people, couldn’t hear the tour guide. We recommend taking the tours early in the morning. Tours do sell out so book in advance if there is a tour you want to do. The lantern tours were sold out the days we were there.
Next up, Corvette museum
The yellow line is the cave, the red line was the sinkhole. The overall size of the hole was 65’ by 45’ and over 30’ deep. Eight corvettes were swallowed up in the sink hole, three were repaired and all of the cars are placed in the appropriate area they had been in prior to the collapse.
This is the last car to be removed. It’s initial whereabouts in the sinkhole was unknown and was found upside down crushed by a large rock.
Another picture of the damaged cars. It was interesting to watch the video showing them removing each of the eight cars.
The embalm they originally wanted to use but found out that you can’t use the American Flag on corporate logos.
John at the finish line.
Karen trying one out just in case we win the lottery.
Couldn’t sit in it but I think this would be my lottery pick. The amount of donated cars versus on loan from really surprised us.
The Palmer Express 