On our way to Austin, TX we stopped by the Inner Space Cavern. This cavern was discovered by accident by the Texas Highway Department back in 1963. They were drilling for 6-inch core samples to determine whether the ground would support a highway overpass. Lo and behold, when their drilling bit suddenly dropped 26 feet, they knew they had found something else.
Texas has many caves. This is the first I have visited (and first cave ever). I would recommend anyone to take a tour. The tour was great. I only wished they had given us more time to take pictures and absorb the wonder of natural earth development of the underground world. I also wished they allowed for tripods -- all the photos I took were on a monopod or handheld with a flash. Flash is ok if you had time to set it up properly. The underground world is not very flat and not small.
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