Spontanaety

Yesterday we proved we still have "it". "It" being the ability to be spontaneous, even with three kids. I had Friday off and up until 8:30 am, we hadn't planned to do anything different other than a few chores around the house. But then Angela said, "Let's do something fun!". So we did. By 10:00 we had picked a destination, loaded the family transporter, and were on the road and headed to Rickwood Caverns State Park in Alabama. We grilled hotdogs, hiked, took a guided tour of the caverns, and swam. We wore the kids (and ourselves) out but had a great time.

Couple of interesting facts about the caves...
In the 1950's, folks thought the cave would make a good fall-out shelter. So they packed a bunch of food and medical supplies and about 1100 people in the cave as a test. Turns out, the limestone is so porous that it wouldn't protect anybody from a nuclear or chemical attack. They left all the food and supplies down in the cave and abandoned the idea of using it as a fall out shelter.

There is a pool of water in the cave that the guide says is 99% pure. They use the water to fill the olympic size swimming pool at the park.