We wish you a healthy and prosperous 2012! We are ringing in the New Year at Kartchner Caverns State Park near Benson. This morning we explored the wet cave on the Rotunda/Throne Room tour and tomorrow morning we will explore the Big Room. Pictures are not allowed in the cave itself, but I can tell you that God’s hand is at work in the cave and it is amazing! (Just tune out the “hundreds of thousands of years” as the ranger explains the stalactite and stalagmite formations.) Kartchner caverns is a wet and warm cave which is very interesting in this arid desert land!
We are tucked into the state park’s campground and are enjoying temps in the low 70’s. A short walk from the campground to the Discovery Center and we were on our way into the caverns! A tram takes you from the center to the cave opening.
Then after being properly informed about protecting the cave, we were allowed to enter. Strategic lighting highlights the soda straws, columns, stalactites and stalagmites, and drapery formed from calcite. There is also a music & light show towards the end of the tour to highlight the largest column in Arizona, Khubla Khan.
Once fueled up with lunch, we took the dogs on the Foothills Loop Trailhead, where we enjoyed grand vistas on a trail relatively unoccupied!
Traversing 2.5 miles up and around the hills that cover the caverns, we wonder how big is this cavern?
We look forward to experiencing the Big Room tour on New Year’s Day!
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