Today we visited Ruby Falls on Lookout Mountain. We rode an elevator down into the mountain and were guided through the cave system by a most entertaining guide. I do believe that working underground makes these guys just a little bit goofy - our guide at the Mark Twain Cave in Hannibal, MO was just as crazy. One of our fellow tourists was 6'10" - he had to do a lot of ducking as we meandered through the cave. We saw many stalactites (they hang tight from the ceiling of the cave) and stalagmites (they might reach all the way to the stalactites) - if the two do meet, they become columns. 1120 feet below the surface, we reached the beautiful Ruby Falls. You can actually walk all the way around it. It was definitely a worthwhile trek.
We left the Ruby Falls attraction to visit Rock City which was also on Lookout Mountain - although it is actually in Georgia, while Ruby Falls is in Tennessee. Rock City is just exactly what it says - a lot of really big rocks and crevasses - some of the crevasses you even have to sidle through. There are rock bridges and interesting formations. At one point, on Lovers Leap, you can see 7 different states from that vantage point - over 2000 feet altitude. We walked through Fairyland, where there were assorted scenes with gnomes, as well as dioramas depicting assorted fairy tales. Once we completed our walk through Rock City, we stopped at a very impressive Starbucks and headed towards South Carolina.
On our way to South Carolina, we were in Georgia, Tennessee, and North Carolina - some of them more than once. Pretty weird route that our GPS took us on, but it was more scenic than the freeway, which would have taken us down to Atlanta and then up to South Carolina. Both routes took about the same amount of time. I'm looking forward to seeing my grandkids, Brian and Jennifer and their children, this weekend.
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