Caves and a Ferry in Indiana

Well, we have moved on and are currently in Indiana, until tomorrow.  We are outside of Indianapolis, about 75 miles, in Batesville, where they make Batesville Caskets.  Here we are just kicking back and enjoying the warm sunny weather, except this afternoon it is showering a bit.  We needed to do a little laundry and sweep out the old wheelhouse.  

Before we left the Great Smoky Mountains we managed another day trip through a different part of the park.

Beautiful country out here in the South.

We took a hike up to Laural Falls, which was very pretty, and a wonderful walk through the woods.

After leaving Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg, we headed up North to Mammoth Cave National Park, in Kentucky.  Mammoth Cave is the longest known cave system in the world, with over 400 miles of passageways. We took a 2 hour tour through the Historic Section of the cave.  Pictures will not give you any idea of the enormous size of some of the caverns we walked through.  Lots of history surrounding this cave.

Here is a link if you want to check it out...

http://www.nps.gov/maca/index.htm

I swear they named this portion of the cave for me.

Just a few miles from Mammoth Cave is Diamond Cave.  This cave is much smaller, but it is a totally wet cave.  It was amazing the differences between the two, for being so close together.

One afternoon we decided to just drive around the park and explore the beauty that was everywhere.  We came across a sign that told us that the "Road Ends in Water", so we had to go see.  There was a ferry to take you across the Green River, and then about a 40 mile scenic loop back to the Park.

On The Ferry.....

Tomorrow we will be heading a little East to Ohio, about 60 miles NE of Cincinnati.  We will be staying there for 3 nights, so we will see what the Cincinnati area has in store for us.

Thanks you for taking the time to check in on us.

Until next time,

Steve and Roberta