We left Red Bay on Thursday morning about 8:30am, and drove toward Nashville via the Natchez Trace Parkway. There was very little traffic on the Trace, and some bicycle travelers, and some pleasant scenery.
We had planned to tour the Lost River Cave in Bowling Green, KY and stay overnight in a Passport America campground in Cave City, KY. When we checked with the campground, they only had 30A sites, which would not support our two roof a/c’s in the 90 degree weather.
We opted to do the cave tour, a 3:30pm tour, and then drive on toward the Elkhart area. We took the tour, and it was good, plus, it was cool at a constant 57 degrees.
During the tour, we found out that the cave is flooded at times of heavy rains, was used as a supply and rest depot during the Civil War by both sides (at different times), was a saw mill for a while until it burned down, and lastly was a night club with cool air (air conditioning) in the 20’s and 30’s. In 1998, an effort was made to clean it up, and make it a tourist area for Kentucky.
Here are some of the many monuments around the cave….. (Remember, click on the picture to enlarge it)
Here are a few pictures around the cave (The cave entrance, and the nightclub area which is now a place for weddings)……..
The boat ride in the cave was interesting, but my cell phone camera did not take any real good pictures……. these were the only two that I would post!
After leaving the cave, we drove until about 9:00pm and overnighted on a Wal-Mart parking lot in Scottsburg, IN with the generator providing power for the roof a/c’s. We had completed a 425 mile drive!
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