Thursday,
June 5, 2014
There are
three main attractions at Lookout Mountain; the mountain itself, the Incline
Railcar and Ruby Falls. The Falls is probably the most popular of the
attractions at the Mountain.
One of the
things I noticed right away was that the formations were all broken, even high
up on the ceiling. This happened during The Depression, when the tour guides would
break off the formations and sell the onyx to help support their families. The
other thing I noticed is that visitor’s are encouraged to touch, something you
would never find in a non-commercial cave and I found that a little sad.
There was
one way in and back out, and of course for tall people, the ceilings were a
little low most of the way. We had a tour guide who was somewhat knowledgeable,
but very much full of himself.
The Falls
were beautiful and natural, at 1120’ below the surface of the Mountain, the
falls are 145’ high, and displayed with natural light and a laser show of
lights.
As far underground
as we were, I really expected it to be cool, but because of the falls, the
humidity level was at 100%, add exertion to that and I was way overheated
before we were done.
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