Mammoth? Gargantuan!

Wish we had more than a few hours to spend inside Mammoth Cave, but the History Tour, one of many different tours available to explore the largest known cave on earth (327 miles of passages and counting!), was an excellent introduction to one of the world’s top geological wonders.

From the waterfall arcing over the historic entrance (just downhill from our room at the Mammoth Hotel, which is NOT gargantuan but is a fine National Park stay) to the enormously wide passages carved by ancient underground rivers to the “Bottomless Pit” and Mammoth Dome, in which we climbed a 5-story observation tower to exit the room, it was an oversized experience … except for a couple of squeezy passages that involved a good bit of ducking and bending. The tour is a two-mile hike underground, and isn’t for everyone … but it’s not to be missed. As for the photo: that walkway is broad enough to drive a pickup truck down, if you could get it down here.