I was at Luray Cavern yesterday. I had never been to a big cave system so this was nice. It's very commercialized with stairs & flooring & lights & everything, but I think it's good (& probably needed). Natural cave system might be SCARY. I already do enough scary things in my life, don't need to add more at this stage I guess. It's filled with speleothems (columns, mud flows, stalactites, stalagmites, flowstone, mirrored pools, etc). Cool stuff, huh?? They even have one of the biggest organs in the world which actually plays by hitting on those formations. They have an audio tour there which is FUN (the kids one is even more FUN). Takes around an hour & they have set path to walk around with information from audio tour & rangers available to ask any questions. They also have a very cool but small/squeezed Old Car Museum there with cars from 1800s & 1900s (probably older carriages etc too). It's all & all a nice place.
Also went to Shenandoah National Park for the first time ever (surprising, considering I have been int his area for 4 years). They had free entry because of something which was cool. Drove on Skyline Drive & did hiking on Hawksbill Trail. The north face of Hawksbill Peak is a 2,500-foot (760 m) drop into Timber Hollow, which is the largest elevation change in the park. As per the chart this was supposed to be 2+ hours hike but got to the top in 20 mins straight (AWESOME!!). Like manged to finish Grand Canyon hike in great time too (don't exactly remember though). The whole day was fun cuz it didn't rain as it was supposed to & the weather was nice & I had great time in great company with lots of FUN..... Give it a shot if/when you get a chance & lemme know what you think.
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