GC Caverns

The next day we drove up to the Grand Canyon Caverns, where we met some old friends of mine from Ohio, the Kozuskanich's.  It was great to see them and meet their younger two children, P. Henry and Alise (who I had not yet met).  We had a grand time in the caverns, eating lunch at a playground, and on a walk.  My dad and Bobbins' cousin Karl joined us.

While we waited for them to arrive, the girls played on this old firetruck.  JoJo sure loves to "drive."

       

      

      

      

This was one of the neater things inside -- a mummified bobcat that fell into the cavern about 1850, breaking its leg.  Poor thing layed there in the pitch black until it died.  Because of the cool, dry, clean (no bacteria) conditions, it's been preserved like this since.




After the hour-long tour:

       
We all ate lunch at the playground, then walked from the Cavern entrance back to the gas station at the highway (old Rte. 66).  We snapped a group photo in front of another old firetruck, which apparently was the inspiration for "Big Red" in the movie Cars.