Day 15--More Caverns

After yesterday, we weren't sure if we would do more caverns or not.  However, the Shenandoah Caverns claimed to have an elevator and level walkways.  The elevator part was true, the level walkways part wasn't. It was still a spectacular place, though I don't think Marcia will ever do caverns again.  She's done three on this trip and that's probably enough.  Some really nice formations in this one as well.

It took about an hour and a half to do the tour.  When we were done we ate at the little cafeteria there and moved on to another part of the building which houses an exhibit called "Main Street USA".  This is a collection of store display windows from around the 1950's.  Marcia remembers going into Boston and seeing the windows at Christmas when they were all fixed up.  That's a memory I don't have, but some stores in Europe still have a somewhat similar tradition so I am familiar with it.

 

Then it was back in the car and down the hill just a bit to a big barn like building called "American Celebrations".  This is full of old parade floats from all over.  Little info boards would tell you about the floats, which parades they had been in, which parts had been recycled and used in other floats, and some had buttons you could push that made parts move.  Here are some of my favorites:

And then once again across the street to the "Yellow Barn" (all this was included with the cavern ticket).  They had some old cars and farm equipment there.  Marcia tasted some local wine which she found to be quite good, but didn't buy any as we are already transporting a couple of bottles of wine home and she is worried how they are doing in this heat.

Tomorrow we head south on US 81 a little further and will make another stop or two.