We left Salem at 9:30 this morning, gained an hour and arrived at the Horse Cave KOA at 12:30. This campground is almost deserted. Tourists have gone home!!! We have no satellite TV nor WiFi, but our Verizon card works. We settled in with a great view of Interstate 65 a half mile away. The campground is wooded, but they are working very hard to upgrade the campground with 50 amp power, cable, and WiFi.
We drove to Mammoth Cave National Park about 2. They offer many tours since Mammoth is the longest cave system in the world. We decided to take the “New Entrance Tour” which left at 3 and lasted for 2 hours. It was a really neat tour. To start with we descended 280 stairs on a really neat staircase that did not blast away any of the cave. It twisted and turned through various formations and was really quite fun. The largest section of the tour was through a dry area with little formations. The last section was in a wetter section with lovely formations including the Frozen Niagara. We had a total of 500 stairs and lots of hiking, but it was very interesting.
After the tour came back to the Visitor’s Center (which is undergoing a major remodel), we walked to the Historic Entrance. I really thought we went here on some childhood trip, but I have no documentation nor photos. This entrance and tour is closed for restoration work.
We came back to the RV, had some dinner, and tried to get the antanna to work on the TV. Unfortunately all we can get is PBS which is showing the Republican convention. Sigh.
I did post some new photos on a Mammoth Cave link on the left.
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