When Preston was here, we took a 2 and a half hour drive south to the Sonora Caves. There were tours every half an hour and we got there just as one was about to start. We got the the entrance of the cave and the tour guide explained to use that it was a felony to ever touch any of the cave. I soon learned that it was very hard to not touch the cave! When we started to go into it, it was very humid. We weren’t allowed to take anything down there except our cameras; not the cases, sunglasses, flashlights, anything, Not even water. It wasn’t that hot, but around half-way, we got very thirsty.
We started going through the cave, and it was really neat. Some rooms of the cave were really big and some were really small. Sometimes we had to duck under stuff to not touch any of the cave. Some places were not very wide. It was really amazing to see all the stuff that goes on 155 feet under us. There wasn’t any wild life in the cave: No bugs, no rabbits, no birds, because it’s all pitch black! The tour guide turned off all the lights once we were all sitting down and you could not see a thing. Most of the pictures didn’t turn out because it was quite dark, even with the lights on. Here are some of the better ones.
We did see a cave cricket. Though he wasn’t the blind and white version you see in really deep, really dark caves.
Years ago… aproamately 20 or so when Tara was young we went through the Lewis and Clark caverens just east of Bute Montana… we stayed in an old west style hotel/motel with the stair way on the outside
and the hallway open on both ends…one of the multi pains of the window was missing/broken in the room we stayed in and we had a cat come in and snuggle up between us in the middle of the night. the toilets no showers were at iether end of the hallway. just a wash basen, pitcher and towels in our room. there was an old iceam parlor on the main floor below the rooms… sorta like an old fashion saloon from the old west and it probably was… there was an old pondarosa style house dowm the road which was a resterant old fashion fancy inside… quit the experiance, Tara could ad to the story about the old couple and the free ice cream floats and more…Oh!!! the caverns were great!!!