National Caves and Subterrain Day is a holiday that’s observed annually on the 6th of June every year. The purpose of this day is to raise public awareness about how caves are an important part of the environment. They help to contribute to the overall health of the ecosystem.
Who knew we would land in the world’s biggest cave system on this day! World Cave Day. I realized that there are never coincidences in life, we were meant to be there on that very day. If we weren’t I wouldn’t be able to spread this message to you. Therefore, you may not have been enlightened like you hopefully are right now.
The park ranger asked us if we had ever been in a cave and I said no. Although, we were in Virginia – somehow the famous salt caves didn’t really appeal to us. The fact that I forgot, tells you how much of an impact that the salt caves really had on the both of us. The one downside if I can honestly say is that Hussein hates caves because of bats and insects. We just peaked inside a cave when we were hiking on the border of El Salvador and Honduras. The cobwebs freaked me out!
The park ranger told us that you have to Go Big or Go Home. We came all this way and we weren’t about to back-out now. It was time to put those thoughts/fears to rest. Boy was she right! We were enjoying every minute of this experience!
The interesting part is less than 400 miles of the 1000 miles of The Mammoth Caves of Kentucky has so far been explored. The best part is you must book a tour to enter that part of the cave system that hasn’t been heavily explored. Although, there are private tours available– wherever you dig you will find a entrance to the cave systems. However, the National Park has the biggest access and control over the cave systems.
We did the Grand Historic Tour which is a 4 hour tour and includes over 1435 stairs. The roof of the cave sits high and dry. Even though it was raining outside there was not a drop of water in the over 20 foot high caves. Our guide was truly amazing! A great guide really does enhance the overall experience!
It was still raining when we finished the tour! (How lucky we were to be warm and dry in the caves). We had passed by an ad for an authentic Mexican restaurant on our way to the caves so we headed towards Cave City. Along the way I took a picture of this cool Caboose Train with Mammoth Cave Railroad Company logo on it.
The restaurant was called Acapulco and as we were contemplating going inside a man rolled down his car window and told us this is the best Mexican restaurant ever! Later, the owner of the restaurant told us that man was the mayor of Cave City! It was the best Mexican food we had ever had! The owner made us a special green tomatillo salsa! We asked him to pack us some to take home. It was delicious.
After dinner we retired into our Horse Cave KOA Campground and being a Monday, I got to work preparing documents for an upcoming private mortgage closing. In a private mortgage I have to ensure that I disclose all costs, the interest, the lender, broker fees and estimated legal fees for the lender. Both of which the borrower has to pay. A private mortgage is an expensive mortgage and is only recommended in situations that are a) short term b) there is an exit in place for both the lender and the borrower.
I will explain this mortgage concept in more detail in the next blog!
See you then.