It is our last day in TX, but since we leave in the afternoon, we made the most of the morning and explored the local Inner Space Cavern. This large cave is composed of limestone, dolimite, and flint. The porous limestone throughout the cave created many opportunites for the formations to grow. Mark's favorite was a large Flow stone on which you could see the crystal clear water cascading down it's sides to gather in a nearby pool. I like the soda straws best- amazing hollow tubes created out of calcite. There was also lots of cave bacon or drapery- the bacon appearence occurs as different minerals form sheets of calcite and iron just like the white and red of bacon. Mom's favorite was the last area with a large pool of clear water surrounded by every formation in the cave- breathtaking. In the shop I purchased an abstract necklace and charm containing "black diamond" (hematite I think). Afterwards there was just enough time to pack and get dad's future father's day present before we headed back to WI- avoiding rainclouds all the way home- it makes for adventurous flying. During our two hour layover, Mark and I enjoyed a great oven cooked pizza in the Mineapolis/St. Paul airport. We arrived home around 1am :)
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 2004
Caves
It is our last day in TX, but since we leave in the afternoon, we made the most of the morning and explored the local Inner Space Cavern. This large cave is composed of limestone, dolimite, and flint. The porous limestone throughout the cave created many opportunites for the formations to grow. Mark's favorite was a large Flow stone on which you could see the crystal clear water cascading down it's sides to gather in a nearby pool. I like the soda straws best- amazing hollow tubes created out of calcite. There was also lots of cave bacon or drapery- the bacon appearence occurs as different minerals form sheets of calcite and iron just like the white and red of bacon. Mom's favorite was the last area with a large pool of clear water surrounded by every formation in the cave- breathtaking. In the shop I purchased an abstract necklace and charm containing "black diamond" (hematite I think). Afterwards there was just enough time to pack and get dad's future father's day present before we headed back to WI- avoiding rainclouds all the way home- it makes for adventurous flying. During our two hour layover, Mark and I enjoyed a great oven cooked pizza in the Mineapolis/St. Paul airport. We arrived home around 1am :)
It is our last day in TX, but since we leave in the afternoon, we made the most of the morning and explored the local Inner Space Cavern. This large cave is composed of limestone, dolimite, and flint. The porous limestone throughout the cave created many opportunites for the formations to grow. Mark's favorite was a large Flow stone on which you could see the crystal clear water cascading down it's sides to gather in a nearby pool. I like the soda straws best- amazing hollow tubes created out of calcite. There was also lots of cave bacon or drapery- the bacon appearence occurs as different minerals form sheets of calcite and iron just like the white and red of bacon. Mom's favorite was the last area with a large pool of clear water surrounded by every formation in the cave- breathtaking. In the shop I purchased an abstract necklace and charm containing "black diamond" (hematite I think). Afterwards there was just enough time to pack and get dad's future father's day present before we headed back to WI- avoiding rainclouds all the way home- it makes for adventurous flying. During our two hour layover, Mark and I enjoyed a great oven cooked pizza in the Mineapolis/St. Paul airport. We arrived home around 1am :)
