Mammoth Cave

Jeff and Cindy in Mammoth Cave on the Frozen Niagara tour.

Mammoth Cave National Park October 11 – 14, 2024

We left Gun Creek Campground in Whittington, Illinois Friday morning, October 11th, and drove 227 miles to the Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky for a short, three-night stay. This campground has no hookups at all, so we would be living on water from our fresh water tank and fully charged “house” and device batteries. […]

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Mammoth Cave, Kentucky (Part 2) – October 12 – 17, 2022

So, after messing up and not getting a ticket for a guided tour of Mammoth Cave, I bought one of the few tickets left for the self-guided tour of the Historic Entrance of the original cave that was found by John Houchin who, according to legend, discovered the entrance while hunting for black bear in

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Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky (Part 1) – October 12 – 17, 2022

Wednesday morning, October 12, 2022 we left the Sumner Crest Winery in Portland, Tennessee and drove a nice, short 81 miles to Mammoth Cave National Park in Southern Kentucky. The drive, though short, was beautiful as we enjoyed the leaves changing colors and raining down on us while we glided beneath them on the road.

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