Showing posts with label Caves. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Caves. Show all posts

March 21, 2021

Jacob's Cave

 


Welcome to Jacob's Cave, just south of Versailles, MO near Lake of the Ozarks

While the entrance building is not overly impressive looking, the attraction inside is top notch

In the main room you will find a catch pool from the stream of water that runs the length of the entire cave.

The Wishing Well greets guests as they enter into the cave.



Our guide speaking about how they can tell that the Cave has survived up to 5 ice ages and numerous earthquakes by the formations

The elephant head




Inside the giant geode in the cave that they accidentally cracked open

Lots of flow stone


The cave has lots of soda straw formations

Showing how a formation healed itself from earthquake damage






The final room before you have to turn around and go back is quite impressive.

The interesting thing about this cave is that the farther you go into it, the higher up in elevation you go.

The only way you can possible know this is that the stream runs towards the entrance



Still in the final room.  I told you it was impressive


Jacob's Cave is open year round and is another impressive show cave located in Missouri

March 6, 2021

Stark Caverns

 


Welcome to Stark Caverns just south of Eldon, Missouri

Stark Caverns is literally a hole in the side of a hill

The Cave starts with a boardwalk above a large body of water

It is actually pretty impressive looking in person and really cools the temperature off

Giant flow stone


Moonshiners actually built this pool

They also built little dams along this river



This is actually petrified seaweed


Some of the rooms are really tall

Garden of Stalagmites

Frozen flowstone

The Grand Canyon

February 27, 2021

Bridal Cave

 

Welcome to Bridal Cave.  A unique aspect of this cave is that you can get there by car or by boat as it is right on the Lake of the Ozarks

The entire complex is in Thunder Mountain Park

Here is the entrance to the Cave

This is a major show cave and the photos really speak for themselves






One of the lakes inside the cave.  There is no outsource to either lake

The cave has the longest flow stone in the world


Here is the second lake.  It is about 6 feet deep


This is only a sample of the wonders that call Bridal Cave home.  Photos really do not do this place justice, it is beautiful