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 Post subject: Hey Kentucky people: Mammoth Cave National Park
PostPosted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 1:22 pm 
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Ever been? Tell me about your experience.

I'm kind of interested in going, maybe. The tour prices are swell, looks to be extensive but safe cave "exploration," it's in a national park with camping, and it's not obscenely far from me. Looks to be about 12 hours away, maybe a touch longer. That's not awful.


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 Post subject: Hey Kentucky people: Mammoth Cave National Park
PostPosted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 1:52 pm 
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I haven't been for a few years, but I guarantee you will enjoy your time there. They offer a variety of cave tours, from the hard-core "wild cave" expeditions where you get to wear a helmet with a light and crawl through stuff like narrow tunnels and water, to the basic "family package", where you walk in as a group tour and learn about the caves. If they still have it, there's one place where they converted part of the cave into a restaurant, that's kind of fun. Tired of caving? There are loads of trails and such to hike around on.
Side note, if you plan to do that wild cave tour, you need to reserve a spot well in advance, so consider that.


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 Post subject: Hey Kentucky people: Mammoth Cave National Park
PostPosted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 1:53 pm 
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Eric W.H. Taft wrote:
Ever been? Tell me about your experience.

I'm kind of interested in going, maybe. The tour prices are swell, looks to be extensive but safe cave "exploration," it's in a national park with camping, and it's not obscenely far from me. Looks to be about 12 hours away, maybe a touch longer. That's not awful.


When I lived in Tennessee some years back I went to the park once. But I only saw the park area, not the cave. The park above ground is quite beautiful. As you drive through it there are places where you get the unusual (nowadays) experience of crossing streams on a cable ferry.

As for the cave, I've only heard good things about it. If it's anything like Carlsbad Caverns, it must be fantastic.

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 Post subject: Hey Kentucky people: Mammoth Cave National Park
PostPosted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 2:25 pm 
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My parents and I tried to go just before I entered junior high. We ended up at Mammoth Onyx Cave instead. It was a nice experience, but I would like to see the real thing sometime. I have always been a bit leery of going back since I heard they have a place called "fat man's misery." My blubber shudders at the thought!

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 Post subject: Hey Kentucky people: Mammoth Cave National Park
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Greg Cordier wrote:
My parents and I tried to go just before I entered junior high. We ended up at Mammoth Onyx Cave instead. It was a nice experience, but I would like to see the real thing sometime. I have always been a bit leery of going back since I heard they have a place called "fat man's misery." My blubber shudders at the thought!

There are places called that at most cavern parks, some more evil than others. :) You don't have to go through this one, there are far more than just one cave tour at Mammoth.


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 Post subject: Hey Kentucky people: Mammoth Cave National Park
PostPosted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 8:10 pm 
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It's been 25 years since I went, but I had a great time. :thumbsup:


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 Post subject: Hey Kentucky people: Mammoth Cave National Park
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Sad to say that I have never been. But I think we will go soon, maybe even this summer.

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 Post subject: Hey Kentucky people: Mammoth Cave National Park
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There is a very good chance we'll go here this summer. Just saw there is a hotel right there in the park. That's cool. We skipped out normal vacation and I can sure use some time away.


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 Post subject: Hey Kentucky people: Mammoth Cave National Park
PostPosted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 1:00 pm 
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I went there with my family almost 30 years ago. Needless to sayI don't remember much specific about it, but I remember we thought it was really cool at the time. Have fun!


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Odd. Must be the time of year. I just noticed the date of when I first posted this.


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When are you thinking of going?


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 Post subject: Hey Kentucky people: Mammoth Cave National Park
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Unclear. Depends on when out jaunt down to Georgia is. I'm thinking mid to late July.


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 Post subject: Hey Kentucky people: Mammoth Cave National Park
PostPosted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 2:13 pm 
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Ah, my kids are safe from being eaten then. Grandma is taking them there first week of June. :)


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 Post subject: Hey Kentucky people: Mammoth Cave National Park
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Damn.

I was hoping for a Kentucky Fried snack, too.


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