Mammoth Caves

Crazy, kitschy antique store...you have to LOVE the sign.  It says it all.

This is the  ferry that carries your car across the Green River into Amish Country and more caves.  It was actually really cool. Just up the roads was a  sweet country store at the crossroads that sold old-fashioned candy.  I haven't had sixlets in a while.  Jed and I laughed that they don't just have a bridge, but in back-country Kentucky anything goes.

 

This cool store that had 100s of birdhouses.

The Historic Entrance to Mammoth Caves

Stalactites in the cave.  

Pictures with Ella by Frozen Niagra. The cave formations make it look like a waterfall.  Really beautiful!

Jed carrying Ella through the caves. She's a little big for the carrier but we didn't want to risk her falling.  They were both champs getting through the tight spaces and down the 300 steps into the cave.  

Silhouette of our park ranger guiding the tour.

We would definitely recommend this trip to anyone.  Next time we would also add the "Lost river" boat trip that takes you on a naturally underground river through the caves and then also a canoe trip where you enter Mammoth Caves in your own canoe swimming and side caving along the way.  We're planning this for the hot summer months.  Such a beautiful escape and only an hour and a half away.