We decided to go to new Braunfels, Texas a couple weeks ago. It was only about two hours from Houston. We had heard there was a German settlement there. We weren't looking for the sauerkraut but wine and caverns. The Natural Bridge Caverns are located just south of town. It seems a landowner had a sink hole develop on her property in the early 60's and some college students investigated and found an underground room. With more investigating and some pilot holes they eventually found several rooms. It's not as large as Meramac Caverns in MO or Carlsbad in New Mexico but a great stop in Texas. This cave was not inhabited by Bats or been disturbed by the men of the West. The tour guide told us the formations grow at a rate of 1 cubic inch every hundred years: The stalagmites were (18-20'), straws (6-12'), curtains (6-10'),and stalactites (18-20'). We went on a double tour of two different areas. They had over the years put in lights and a path to include stairs. We took several pictures. We had to use the flash to even see them. At one point on the second tour they turned off the lights and we couldn't even see our hand in front of our face.
We then went to the town of Gruene pronounced green. There we tasted wine, and looked at antiques. We ate at a nice restaurant and I had a grilled cheese sandwich, they put spinach on it. This was a good day trip.
Our adventures will continue as we start back to SC. Our first stop will be Lafayette, LA to go on a Swamp tour, then on to New Orleans to see a Mardi Gras parade and then on to FL to visit with my mom in Daytona Beach, which by the way is during Biker Week....
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
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