Adventures in Kentucky

Before school started back up, we decided to take a day trip to Kentucky to visit Dinosaur World and Mammoth Cave. For an adult, Dinosaur World is pretty cheesy and the dinosaurs were (in my opinion) not very realistic. But I don't think the kids noticed at all. They were too busy running down the trail seeing the different dino statues. They got to dig for fossils, watch a dino movie and see real dino artifacts in a museum. Since this trip was mainly to do fun stuff with the kids, I guess we accomplished our mission. I'm just glad we had buy-one-get-one-free tickets :)

The kids had the requisite cheesy picture made inside the head of the T.Rex. Ethan's just barely tall enough to get in the picture.

Here they are digging for fossils.

They next leg of our trip was much more interesting (to me, anyway). We went to Mammoth Cave! One of their tours was specifically geared for old people and young kids, and it wound up being perfect for us. Short, easy and full of spectacular views. We even saw a bat on our way in!

The kids learned all about stalagtites and stalagmites.  And the guide turned off all the lights in the cave for a brief moment so that we could experience what total darkness looked like. Pretty spooky!

It was nice and cool in the cave! A welcome respite from the August heat!

When the kids get a little older and are more capable of walking longer distances, we'd love to come back and explore more of this natural wonder! But maybe we'll skip a repeat visit to Dinosaur World :)