We went to the Howe Caverns today. It was a great little day trip. The caverns are only about 40 minutes from our house...and very close to the baseball hall of fame. The tour was so cool. The caves were about 52 degrees...and very beautiful. The girls had an adventure learning about stalagmites and stalagtites....limestone and geodes. At the end of the tour, we had a little lunch in the Cavern Cafe. The view was gorgeous...rolling green hils...etc. We chose a geode, and the nice girls working at the caverns introduced us to the diamond saw. It sliced our geode in half...and the middle was mostly white/clear quartz. Then we got to sift through dirt to find gems....and we found a ton. The workers at the cavern gave us identification cards to determine what we found. It was a great trip...we can't wait to go again someday.
Lunch
The Geode
Finding/sifting for gems
Comments (2)
We LOVE Howe Caverns! SO much fun! I didn't realize it was that close to you guys. I want to take Bella one day. Did you do the boat ride?....that was my favorite. :)
Posted by Milena | June 27, 2009 10:46 PM
Posted on June 27, 2009 22:46
Kailey:
We miss you!!!! Can't wait to see you this weekend!!!! I hope we can have a sleepover like we always have. I love you .
Love,
Kailey and Aunt Mandy
Posted by Aunt Mandy | July 1, 2009 7:24 PM
Posted on July 1, 2009 19:24