We took a short day trip to see Howe Caverns this weekend. This was what John wanted to do for his birthday in early August, but that date was too early in my surgery recovery to go traipsing in a cave 😀

Howe Caverns is about 1.5 hours from us. You can’t explore on your own, but must go in groups. It’s really a good thing so you don’t get lost and to prevent people from ruining the caves, because you know they would.

The caves were discovered in the 1840s by Lester Howe, who explored and created a tour system for the caves.

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Stalactites from the ceiling:

This is Godzilla’s head:

His head is pointed to the left. You can see the mouth slit with a fang at the end and the eye up above.

The Pagoda:

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We took a short boat ride on the deep part of the water way. I didn’t take many pictures there because I was worried about hitting my head on a rock as they were really close to our heads!

The water over eons really creates neat patterns with the calcite.

This area is called the pipe organ:

This was the narrowest part called the Winding Way, which was the last part of the tour. You had to go single file. I took a bit of video going through it:

Very cool! I can’t imagine what it would be like to be lost in a cave. I’ll stick to tours, that’s for sure!