Monday, June 28, 2010

Cave of the Mound/Devil's Lake

We weathered a horrible storm Saturday nite - I think it hit Cleveland area Sunday late afternoon - but Sunday morning started as a gorgeous day. Decided to go to Cave of the Mounds which is an underground cave discovered in 1936. Impressive, but not spectacular. I think the most impressive so far was Karchner Caverns in Bisbee Arizona. Anyhow, Dave was impressed and that's good since he's the driver! This pic shows stalagtites coming down from the ceiling. I expected more color down there, and guess what? Dave said my pictures showed light orbs - ghosts, again. Guess I am a ghost/spirit magnet. I didn't feel them like I did the other day in the Delaware Copper Mine. The outside of the cave is natural gardens - prairie restoration, rain gardens, etc. Just beautiful Here's a pic of a prairie pea - there had to been over 100 species of prairie flowers. Got lots of pics of all the flowers - Dave loved using his new lens. More pics will follow separately. From there we drove into the Wisconsin Dells and drove down the main street and turned around and drove out. Talk about a tourist trap! So, instead I had Dave drive along the road of the Wisconsin River, right outside of town, and found a place - we thought - that we could get out and view the Dells (large cliff formations). Was a 4H camp and a counselor steered us to go to Devil's Lake State Park. We hiked the east bluff trail which goes along a very tall cliff overlooking the lake. Very pretty, very very tiring! Talk about a climb up, and then a very steep climb down. Pretty area. After we got back to the campground, I went to the info/store here at the camp to get popsicles for Dave and told there where we went - and they said - did we see rattlesnakes? You know we see them everytime we go there? Whaaaaaaa? Good thing I didn't know that! Yikes! Today we drive from Wisconsin Dells which is northwest of Madison, drive through Chicago which we aren't pleased about - but can't avoid - and stop in Elkhart Indiana for the night. That is a campground that we will clean the RV inside and out. We always stop at a full-hookup the night before we come home - to clean thoroughly before getting home. We should be home tomorrow afternoon. Was a fun trip - only down was not having the pets with us. They will go for sure next time.

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