We have had the great fun of camping with them and with other friends we have made from our college days several times over the years.
On the first day at the national park, we went on the historic tour of Mammoth Cave.
On day 2, we made a side trip to one of the many fun parks which have sprung up all around Mammoth Cave. They had horseback riding, go karts, a huge "alpine" sled ride, rock climbing wall, bumper cars, and a bungie swing, to name a few.
There is a much longer story here, but the Reader's Digest version is that at the fun park, Katie had a freak out right before she and Mom were going to ride horses on the trail, and after about an hour, they made it back, angry and crying (you guess which was which)with no horseback ride. While they did that, Carl and Tony went up the ski lift to the top of a huge hill and rode down a concrete track on a modified bobsled. While that happened, Maggie and Isa tried the bungie jump, the rock climbing tower, and bumper cars. Bruno and Annie played miniature golf. When Carl came back, we took a turn on the go karts, and during a tight race, Carl wiped out, and at the end, was not able to stop his kart, and nearly took out the guy running the attraction. He jumped like he saw a rattlesnake.
Then, we broke for lunch, and Carl and Tony decided to go up the alpine hill once more. About 20 minutes later, they came back, with Carl sporting some serious scrapes on his shoulder, arm, wrist, leg and knee. He tumbled out of the sled as he rocketed down the hill, and frankly, we were all lucky one or two of us weren't hurt badly.
Then, we made it to the cave, and went on the New Entrance Tour, which unlike the Historic Tour, is a "wet" cave, with beautiful features, stalactites and stalagmites, and deep, deep voids. It was magnificent.
Of course, the pictures don't do the cave, or the fun we had with our friends, justice.
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