Journey to the Center of the Earth

Today we drove way the heck out into the wilds of Ohio to find the Ohio Caverns. This is certainly not a place you would stumble upon accidentally- out past Marysville, not quite to Bellefontaine, winding country roads, backing up because you missed the tiny little sign marking the county road number. That being said, they did a great job of making it a picturesque destination. Several tidy buildings perched on a hill with well kept, park-like grounds and a big picnic shelter. And it was decently crowded- there were about 30 people on our tour.
The tour starts by walking down what look like basement steps from the Visitor Center. Since Will is rarely allowed in the basement (Grandma told him there were bears in hers) I wonder if he now thinks there are caverns in our basement.
The walk through the caverns was neat. It was fun to hear about how they were discovered. They've been leading tours through them since the 1920's. Will liked looking at all the cave "teeth". And though we saw no bears, we did see a bat!