{"id":71,"date":"2005-06-08T21:58:19","date_gmt":"2005-06-09T01:58:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mshepherd.com\/blog\/2005\/06\/08\/the-caverns\/"},"modified":"2006-12-01T11:33:50","modified_gmt":"2006-12-01T15:33:50","slug":"the-caverns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mshepherd.com\/blog\/2005\/06\/08\/the-caverns\/","title":{"rendered":"The Caverns"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Boys
\nToday we took the boys to Luray Caverns in Northern Virginia. It was their first trip ever into a cave so as you might imagine, they were very excited. The only thing tedious about it was the drive which turned out to be like 2 1\/2 hours one way. Some interesting facts about the caverns are….<\/p>\n

* They are the largest caverns known in the Eastern United States.
\n* They are the site of the worlds first “Air Conditioned” house. The temperature in the cave
\n maintains a constant 54 degrees. A house was built over top of them and utilized the draft to cool the
\n residence.
\n* Inside the cave is the worlds largest musical instrument which is a “Stalactite Organ”. When keys are
\n pressed on the organ, over a mile’s worth of mechanical cables and rubber mallets are used to strike
\n particular Stalactites to produce a musical note.
\n* Inside the cave is a “Wishing Well” that folks drop coins into. Each year the water is emptied and the
\n money is donated to Charity. Last year’s take amounted to over $250,000.<\/p>\n

All in all it was a great field trip for the boys. My goal is to create the kind of fond memories my children will take with them into their adult life. Hopefully, we were successful today! Below are a few more pix we took for anyone interested!<\/p>\n

Mike in the cavern<\/a>
\nThe Wishing Well<\/a>
\nWendy in the cavern<\/a>
\nThe boys pose in front of a Stalagmite<\/a>
\nTwo eggs, sunnyside up<\/a>
\nRock from outer space<\/a>
\nStalactite Organ<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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