The cave of wonder!

Actually, it's Inner Space caverns, and it's the one day trip that the mr and I have been wanting to take for years. Finally, after almost three years of saying we'll go, we made the 30 minute drive to Georgetown, Texas to check out this natural wonder.

If you haven't heard about it, you should Google it. The cave was discovered in 1963 by a Texas Highway Dept core drilling team. They were testing for solid ground. Six times, they drilled 40 feet down and each time the bits ended in open space. They some how convinced a worker to be lowered down the two foot wide hole. What they discovered was this million year old underground cave that had been hidden for 10 thousand years.

Phil and I took the hour long tour and were blown away with the information the tour guide was telling us. Several teams had excavated the cave and had not only found several chambers leading up to two miles off the main cave, they also came across bones and fossils from at least 120 different species-- saber-toothed tigers, giant ground sloths (the size of an SUV), camels and mammoths.

The stalagmites and stalactites dated back 160 million years; however, there was one formation that was created more recently. The mound was 27 feet wide and tall, it was created more rapidly over the years from the Texas rainfall the seeped quicker into the earth in that one spot.


I know I can't do the cave justice with what little facts I remembered from the tour, but our tour guide told us Texas was at one point under water and the reason the cave was created. Because of that fact, there were fossilized coral reefs at the tops of some of the rooms.

We also got to experience total and complete darkness. When we got the the lowest point of the tour (50 feet down) the guide turned off all the lights, and we sat with our hands in front of our faces, not being able to see a thing or knowing which way was up. Super fun experience!

Caves are totally awesome in my opinion. And, if we didn't have a slight fear of tight spaces, Phil and I would've taken the extended tour that involved crawling on hands and knees and exploring the other 7/8 of the cave that the tour didn't cover. If you find yourself with a day off and nothing exciting to do, I really recommend taking the normal tour. In our group of 20, Phil and I were one of two couples there without children. So yes, the tour is for kids of all ages.


Love and light.
Adrienne