On our route from TN to MO, we stayed three nights at the Singing Hills RV Park in Cave City, Kentucky so we could see Mammoth Cave National Park. Since we were there on a Sunday, we searched for a church to attend. There weren’t many that had websites to check them out ahead of time, but I found The Way Church in the nearby town of Horse Cave. I knew it would be a bit of a stretch from what we are used to, and I wasn’t wrong. But I’m glad we went. The biggest difference was just how “enthusiastic” the people were, which is definitely not a bad thing! The congregation was attentive and did their best to encourage the pastor with their amens and hallelujahs, haha. The preacher got super excited a few times and got louder than necessary while enunciating the last consonant of his words like a stereotypical televangelist; but still, it was a great sermon. If I had to choose between a church with no energy and one that was above and beyond the energy we are used to, I’d choose the latter every time!
After church, we ate at 5 Broke Girls, mostly because of the cute name, but it had good reviews, too. We were seated right away, with no wait. I finally ordered Chicken and Waffles, after wondering about the weirdness of that combination ever since I’d first heard of it. It wasn’t bad, but I did decide that I liked eating them in separate bites instead of together, so I’ll probably not order it again. But at least I don’t need to wonder about it anymore. They also had a live band playing gospel music while we ate, which was fun. As we were finishing up, lots of people were standing in line waiting, so I guess our church let out before the others — yay!
At Mammoth Cave, we did the 2 mile/2 hour Historic Tour, which was cool. Before starting the tour, the ranger warned in detail of the stairs, and short (called Tall Man’s Misery) and narrow (called Fat Man’s Misery) passageways, to make sure everyone was prepared to handle them. There is no turning back once you get started. He made it sound worse than it actually was, and there were taller/bigger guys that managed with no issues, but I suppose it was good to be forewarned. Mammoth Cave felt different than the other caves we’ve toured, with hardly any stalagmites or stalactites since it didn’t have water dripping in from above. And there were old artifacts left in the caves from saltpetre mining days, which was interesting. We did a vertical loop on the tour, going downstairs about midway through, then walking back beneath where we just were, before going back upstairs. There were about 5 different places where we’d wait for everyone (about 70’ish of us!) to gather before the ranger would tell us a bit of the history. It was a good tour, even with the huge group.
After the tour, we hiked another mile down to where the River Styx, an underground river flowing through the cave system, exited the cave and flowed into the Green River. It was a pretty area and I guess it worth the hike — hiking back up was a bit harder, but not too bad. We got a good glute workout, at least!
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