Kentucky Vacation Photos (Finally!)

Most of the photos I took for the trip are nerdy geology pictures that I hope to use in my classroom.

For example, this stone shelf. Just looks like a nice flat place to walk along near the top of a mountain, yes?





Ha-ha! It's really a natural bridge!






We rode the cable car up, but Brian wasn't sure he could face the first drop on the way back down. So, we hiked down the Rock Gardens trail. I took some photos of neat rock structures on the way, including this section of crossbedding:



and this--I have no idea what this is called. Bad geology major!



At the base of the trail, there was a gumball machine. Except that you might break your teeth instead of rotting them if you tried to chew on what was inside.




The next day, we added a new national park to my tally.



The rest of these pictures are from our cave tour.


A crevice that allows water flow:




An early coral fossil:




A USGS benchmark in the room called Grand Central Station:




Frozen Niagara Falls from the top:




What happens when stalactites and stalagmites join:




Flowstone formation from the bottom:




A view of the ceiling:




More flowstone:




There are a number of entrances. After all, Mammoth Cave is the largest cave system in the country. This is the historical entrance, the one first used to explore the cave.



Then, on our way back home, I actually had batteries in my camera for the awesome road cut at Sideling Hill in Maryland.








And there you have it!