8AM woke up bright and early to head out to the cavern tour-first one is at 8:30 so we're only 15 minutes away and have plenty of time...nice day for the tour and the cavern is 60 degrees all year, chilly down there :o) Cost is about $21 each and pulled by jeep with about 20 people guided by Garret our guide who just does this because it's a "job" poor guy :O(
Very interesting facts we find during that tour because when I was in school (at least during that class I usually cut and went to Art class :o) teachers always knew where to find me, lol....anyways-we learned how they found the caverns and used them especially during the prohibition era and they actually had hootin hollerin shows down there with a lot of the country western talent guys back in the 30's and 40's! It's strange too but a feller & his dog found the mine (can't recall his name now) actually kept it a secret for a couple of years during the war and then asked for volunteers to help him explore it and believe it or not (I believe it because I saw their names engraved on the wall of the cave) 12 woman and most of them married) actually were the only ones that volunteered....go ladies! I'll have to stick that picture in here for all to see, lol. Like I always say-woman are the backbone of this country....when God created earth she certainly knew what she was doing!
Oh well, now on to our next stop....we head back to our campsite-pick up our camper and of course our pooch and head off to Silver Dollar City
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