Part of our trip to San Antonio was spent visiting Natural Bridge Caverns. Even if I had to force the rest of my family, we were going to these caves. I love caves. Even if it is overrun by lots of crowds. My experience with them doesn't go very deep: Mt. Timpanogos, Carlsbad, Craters of the Moon and Wind Caves (think Mt. Rushmore)--my mother had to jog her memory as to which caves I would have visited growing up. I toured those as a child and therefore can't remember them very well. So, I have a long way to go to actually have any real experience with them. But, we have to start somewhere...
Natural Bridge Caverns lays about 30 minutes north of San Antonio--possibly the most popular cave in Texas because of it's location. Gets its name from the rock formation that collapsed LONG ago only leaving a "natural bridge" structure at the top of the cave just above the opening.
We stayed simple and took the "family" tour (aka
The Discovery Tour). Robyn did a wonderful job walking the whole 3/4 mile and not touching any of the cave walls or structures.
She was mesmerized by the pools and "cave kisses" (name given to dripping water that falls on your face). Because of our slow pace--her pointing out everything and me trying to take decent pictures (it's very hard to take good pictures inside a cave when you're constantly having to move with the tour)--we always ended up at the back of the group.
Hunter was always right up front with our tour guide keeping pace with her and asking all sorts of questions...no surprise.
Of the caves in Texas, I can now cross this one off my list. Yes, I aspire to visit
every cave in Texas (at least all the show caves on the map). Then, I want to visit all the caves in the United States that I can. I'm no spelunker but caves fascinate me!
Now, if I can just figure out how to photograph in caves...that will take some experience. Guess I better get some more! Just when I was really starting to figure it out, the tour ended...
