There were 4 or 5 caves on the park grounds. All but the Twin Caves were closed due to the White Nose Syndrome, a disease affecting bats. This one had 20 minute boat rides filled with educational facts and cool sites. While waiting for our tour, we hiked 1/2 way on a 2.5 mile rugged trail. Actually, we probably only did about 1/4 of it, came to a road, and Camden wanted to head to the boat, so we took the pavement back to the launch site.
There were 6 of us in our boat, plus the park ranger. Camden originally sat between us, but once we headed in, we convinced her to sit in front of me so she could see. She was careful, but the rocking boat was almost too much for me!
Off we go.
For most of the tour, the guide used her gloved hands on the ceiling and the walls to pull us along.
There were some small stalactites and several coves - some used for bootlegging during prohibition and some used as temporary morgues by Native Americans in winter months when the ground was too hard.
At the turn around the guide turned off the boat headlights and we got to experience total darkness - no natural light could reach us. You literally couldn't see your hand in front of your face. Coming out was beautiful as we experienced twilight when natural light started to reach us. Very cool tour!
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