We have about a month before we leave Arkansas for a new home in Maryland, and there are a few things I want to do here before we depart.
One destination on my Arkansas bucket list is the Blanchard Springs Caverns.
Above ground it looks like this.
Underground it looks like this. When I saw the first cavern in person, I blurted out . . .
"It looks like the Pirates of the Caribbean ride!"
"Except it's real!"
What a California tourist thing to say.
The rest of the Hendricksons enjoyed the cavern tour too, but the big kids' favorite part of the outing was using Daddy's phone to take pictures of people's shoes on the tour bus drive up the hill, then trying to guess who their sibling had photographed. Their second favorite part was seeing a wild turkey on the drive home. Alas, I didn't get a picture because turkeys don't hold nice and still like stalactites do.
Speaking of stalactites, after our tour guide explained that the rock formations were created by water dripping down into the cavern, he made the wry comment that the government spent millions of dollars on this facility and the roof still leaks. :)
Speaking of stalactites, after our tour guide explained that the rock formations were created by water dripping down into the cavern, he made the wry comment that the government spent millions of dollars on this facility and the roof still leaks. :)
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