The biggest caverns in the East!

After the bike ride, we drove the four hours to see Luray Caverns. B and I have been in them before and loved them, so we took the offspring. We were not let down. They were as beautiful as we remembered them being. What I didn't remember was a lot of people when we went before. This time there was line of humanity that was really long. I didn't time how long we had to stand in line, but it felt really long. They only let a certain number if people in the cave at a time.  Of course little B wouldn't stand in line, so I followed him around while B took one for the team and held our spot in line. There was another little boy that was about the same age as little B. He saw little B walking around and started to follow him. Little B noticed this kid following him and kept walking. He would look over his shoulder to see if he was still being followed. He was, so he would walk faster. The follower would pick up his step too. After about 15 seconds of being followed, little B looked over his shoulder, saw that he was still being pursued, burst into tears and ran to B's legs to be picked up. For some reason he really didn't like the idea of someone his same size following him. We finally made it into the caves and loved every minute inside!

This is right at the bottom of the staircase we had to walk down to get to the start of the cave. F.Y.I- the caverns were found in 1878. A guy was walking in the mountains and felt cold air blowing up from the ground. He started to dig and five hours later he was inside the cave.

This looks like these are in the process of growing together, but they aren't. It's actually a pond that's only 20 inches deep. It's just a perfect reflection of the stalactites that are on the ceiling. The picture is foggy, but in real life, it's really cool looking!

Look how big this stalactite is! Pretty awesome if you ask me! Don't panic, they didn't touch, they just stood in it.We didn't want the oils in our skin to make it stop growing. 

We were told when the tour started that if you felt a drop of water on your skin while you were in the cave, it was a kiss from the cave and that it would bring a year of good luck. We hope that it's a year of good luck per drop, then all of us are going to have at least four or five years of good luck! K said that he felt 100 drops. That may or may not be an exaggeration. ;)

Aren't they cute? What's not to love about a cave that has these three little people inside of it?!