I went to see my folks yesterday and I took the kids to see the Linville Caverns. They are so neat. It is a natural cavern that they have equipped with minimal lights and rails to hold on to. It has a stream that runs through it and it is quite cool in there. We also went gem mining. The kids love that. We got to see all kinds of rock formations. It was close quarters in there too. You had to duck and squeeze through in places. We had a lot of fun though and my Mom, Sister and her two girls went with us. My mom did not want to go in the caverns and we had to make her. I think she enjoyed it after we got in there. She was afraid she might fall or something. It had been many years since she had been there and it had been since I was in the 8th grade since I was there.
We had a really good guide that took us through on our tour. He was very knowledgeable about the caverns. He had grown up there around them so he knew all the history. They were first discovered in the 1930's. The rock formations inside are always changing though because of the moisture. You were not allowed to touch the walls or anything because the oils from your skin would cause the formations to stop growing. There was one section in the back of the cavern that we were allowed to touch because it was growing closer together. Back in that section there was an abyss. It was covered with a steel grate so that we could walk over it.
After going in the caverns we went down the road to a little gem mine. The kids love gem mining and of course they had a ball this time too.
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