Big Step Watch Your Head

We took a tour of Jewel Cave that was . . . interesting. It was the Historic Lantern Tour. . . which meant that we got to see the cave as the early cave explorers saw it, with lanterns for light. Each person in the group carried a kerone lantern. That was the only light in the cave. There were no overhead electric lights. We could only see by these lanterns.

We then proceeded into the cavern and squeezed into tight passages, stooped through low ceilings, climbed steep stairs and slithered down dusty rocks. The group was great with a lot of communication between the people. The family in front of us would tell us to watch your head and there is a big step. We would hold our lanterns up for each other so you could see where to step.

My boys loved it. I was disappointed that we did not see the pretty formations that Jewel Cave is famous for.