Dixie Caverns
Jul 06
On Wednesday mom and I headed to Lynchburg to shop, we went to one of the malls and looked around for awhile. I purchased a few items of clothing from Hechts (Maceys), JC Penney and Sears. We had a good sized thunderstorm, the thunder was heard very clearly inside of the mall.
Thursday the skies cleared up and the temperature rose to around 85. Jack, mom and I headed towards Salem to take a tour of the Dixie Caverns. The Caverns were found in the early 1900’s by a dog named Dixie, the dog stumbled into a hole in a mountain, and Dixie’s owner witnessed this and went in after to rescue the dog. This cavern has an interesting design; it actually goes up into the mountain rather than going down into the mountain. Our tour included a group of 2nd graders and as you can imagine, they were very loud and energetic. I always enjoy taking tours of these caverns; it’s amazing the see how the Flood (the Great Flood in the Bible) carved out a cave in the ground and than water and moisture created Stalactites and Stalagmites. My digital camera unfortunately did not have a good time; I was able to snap a few shots of the cavern until the moisture short circuited the electrical components. I’m going to attempt to fix the issue myself since it’s out of warranty, if I fail- I’ll have to purchase a new camera. Here’s a couple of photos I took before my camera died: Stalactite and Wedding Bell.
Later in the evening mom and I went to Super Wal-Mart to re-print some of my childhood photos, I’ve been wanting to create my own photo album and now is a good time to start.