Hey Darlin’,
Well, after two days of hard riding, I was looking forward to a more relaxing day today. I still got up fairly early, since I’m trying to stay on Eastern time (it’s central here, but I’ll be back in Eastern tomorrow), had breakfast, started some laundry, and finally decided on which Mammoth Cave tour I was going to take. I really wanted to go on the self-guided walking tour, because I’m still limping and I didn’t want to slow the group down, but they weren’t doing it, so I had to go on the guided tour that followed the same route. I was limited to how far I could walk and how many stairs I could climb as well, so I was trying to not do anything too strenuous. If I had known how ridiculous the “Passage Tour” was, I wouldn’t have bothered! Their 1:15, .75 mile tour was a joke! There was literally nothing to see. Two large open caverns that were reached by, I kid you not, patio pave stones. There was absolutely nothing of interest to see along the way. The ranger was a tall, long-legged young man who walked so fast even the healthy folks had trouble keeping up with him (I had been assured the tour would be slower, but that was not the case), then we’d arrive at a spot (which didn’t seem to have any real focal point of interest) where he’ talk too long about the general history, but mostly make really pathetic jokes, poorly delivered. The .75 is round trip, so the actual walk is nothing. I’ve never been on a tour of any kind that was that boring. No colored rocks, no stalagmites or stalactites, no dripping water, nothing. One tiny bat that looked like a black spot on the wall, and only because someone asked about them and the ranger managed to find one on the way back. Nothing enlightening whatsoever. In fact, the highlight of my trip over was taking the Green River ferry back and forth, and diverting over to the Maple Springs trailhead and Group Camp, just to see what they looked like. I was surprised to find that the group camp actually had electricity at every site! No one was there, though, not surprisingly. Got back to camp about 1:00, and was atypically hungry for some reason, so I made my “dinner” early, then took a nap for an hour, before getting busy doing a little housework and packing up as much as I could. Need a pretty early start tomorrow, it’s 300+ miles (mostly freeway, though, fortunately), plus I lose an hour changing time zones. I’ve managed to line up the truck tonight, Kristen the owner said it would be fine to block that part of the driveway, everyone can get around. We moved a picnic table and a swing, just to make sure I had good clearance. The dump is on the wrong side of the road, so I’ll have to pull out then back up to it, then swing all the way around the barn to exit. No biggie, plenty of room and gravel so I shouldn’t have a problem, just have to consider all that as I’m leaving in the morning. It was a great stay here, these folks are so much friendlier than either of the other two horse camps here, and I’m so glad I had a chance to stay with them. That’s it for today, sweetie! Love you!
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