We checked out of the hotel and moved to the Andersen's Hacienda for the next few days! Had to leave nice and early, dropped off our luggage at their place and then we were on the orad by 8:30. Jerry, Jean, Jens and Julie on a road trip and explore to the Kartchner Caverns!
Started the tour out watching a movie about the discovery and how the tours now came to be. Unbelievable... Back in the 70's, college buds who like to explore caverns... and boy, did they hit the jackpot... They entered through a sinkhole... now I was imagining a huge sinkhole... but no... it was very small... the clue was the warm air blowing out of it on their explore. And their explore determined it was huge. But... all very secretive for years as they didn't want the place ruined. First they told the landowners (Kartchner's) and showed them... as well as they could... then, they got they state involved... It's a fascinating history... check it out on the internet!
Once inside, there were strict rules... no picture taking, had to compact and roll up our jackets before we entered the warm caves. They wanted to prevent any lint of loose hair from falling on the rocks. If we accidentally touched any part of the cave, we would have to tell our guides and they would leave a plastic tape and it would be thoroughly cleaned (???) that evening
So, these pictures following I downloaded from Google... The explore was awesome!
AND, when we got home, Diva Christy had prepared an absolutely delicious meal....
The 'mountains' over the caves...
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