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Wednesday, July 11, 2018

Emma Colley's Random Travels

A Photoblog post of my random travels.

"In the trees, in the breeze...seek nature's peace and bliss."

These are some random images from our May 2018 road trip, we visited Mammoth Caves National Park in Kentucky.

We hiked on three of the trails in the Mammoth Caves NP, the Green River Bluff Trail, Sloan's Crossing Pond walk and the Heritage Trail to Sunset Point. The trails were all loop trails and mostly easy walking.

I am sharing some of my random travel photos, this is not only for my followers but more of a reminder for me and my hubby of where we have been and what we have seen over the years. All good memories for us, I hope you enjoy too.

" We take photos as a return ticket to a moment otherwise gone." unknown

I hope you enjoyed! Thanks for stopping by, enjoy your day!

Monday, June 18, 2018

Mammoth Caves National Park, Part 2

These are photos from our road trip and visit to Mammoth Cave National Park on May 4-7. On May 5th hubby and I had reserved a cave tour called the Frozen Niagara. The tour lasted 1 hour 15 minutes, we were taken by bus to the cave entrance.

Mammoth Caves are known for their big rooms, this Frozen Niagara tour took us into an area that has some pretty cave decorations.

This was the wettest day on our trip, Kentucky received 3 inches of rain and it was the day of the Kentucky Derby. A rainy day was a good day to be inside the caves, no rain there!

Not too many steps on this tour, we picked this tour because it described as one of the more decorated sections of the cave.

A Cave Cricket, important for the cave's ecosystem.

Outside the cave at the Sloan's Crossing Pond, we took a short loop walk around this pond in the park. I did see a couple of Wood Ducks with ducklings. They hid quickly in the reeds.

Rain drops keep falling on my head, lol. Are you familiar with the BJ Thomas song?

Honeysuckle

The following day hubby took the Historic Tour which was two hours, during that time I went on an easy hike and did some birding.

I hope you enjoyed my post and photos. I wish everyone a great new week ahead.

Monday, June 11, 2018

Mammoth Caves National Park

The Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky was one of the highlights of our road trip. Mammoth Cave NP is located at the Cave City exit off of Route 65. We picked a hotel off of Rt 65 in Bowling Green Kentucky which was 26 miles from the park entrance.

Tours through the cave are so popular we reserved our tours a month or so before our trip. The Mammoth Cave is the longest known cave system in the world, with over 400 miles explored. We spent 2 nights and 3 days in the area, exploring the cave and went on some hikes in the park.

Images are from our first afternoon in Mammoth Cave NP, we walked down the trail to the Green River and to see the opening for the Historic Entrance of the cave. I noticed a lot of wildflowers along the trail, wild turkeys were seen on the road into the park, birds nest , Indigo Bunting silhouette, trail sign.

This is the trail down to the Green River and to the Historic Entrance of the Mammoth Cave.

Down the steps is the Historic Cave entrance. Hubby had a reservation to take the guided tour the next morning.

The Green River, it really is green.

Not open to the public, but below is a wet entrance/exit into or out of the cave. It reminds me of a trip & cruise we took years ago, stopping in Belize we went on a river caving excursion.

We saw a few deer laying on the ground off the trail.

The wild turkeys were one of the birds we saw often, mostly along the park road.

I will share more of the Mammoth Cave tours on another post. Hubby is a spelunker, which is a person who likes to explore caves. We have also been to Carlsbad Caves in New Mexico, you can check out my post on Carlsbad by clicking on the sidebar link.

I hope you enjoyed my post and photos. Thanks for visiting.

Sunday, December 24, 2017

Emma Colley's Random Travels

A Photoblog post of my random travels.

Merry Christmas to everyone! Tis the season to be Jolly!

We hiked the Maryland Heights trail at the Harpers Ferry National Park. At the top of the mountain you have great views of the town and the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers. Sharing photos of scenes from along the trail and from the view at the top.

Harpers Ferry, corner of Maryland, West Virginia and Virginia.

" We take photos as a return ticket to a moment otherwise gone." unknown

I hope you enjoyed! Thanks for stopping by, enjoy your day!

Sunday, September 24, 2017

Emma Colley's Random Travels

A Photoblog post of my random travels.

"Wander often. Wonder always."

The Hoh Rainforest is one of my favorite parks of the Olympic National Park. It is lush and green, beautiful ferns, moss and trees.

View from the trail at the Hoh Rainforest.

The Hoh River

" We take photos as a return ticket to a moment otherwise gone." unknown

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Sunday, September 17, 2017

Emma Colley's Random Travels

A Photoblog post of my random travels.

"Let your dreams set sail."

I am sharing some photos and scenes from our visit to Rialto Beach, Olympic National Park, near La Push Washington. I will let my photos speak for themselves, it is a beautiful beach. I hope you enjoy!

" We take photos as a return ticket to a moment otherwise gone." unknown

I hope you enjoyed! Thanks for stopping by, enjoy your day!