Come to Meramec Caverns: Jesse James Hideout, With Us!

We found some amazing coral before the tour began. I just love it! It is super amazing!

 This is the ceiling of the Meramec Caverns.

 

 Native Copper.

 Salt Peter.

 Him touching Galena. Its is really amazing.

1861 long rifle.

 Dolomite, which the cave is filled with.

 This is the Dead End Room because before the new owners bought it the cave stopped here.

 This is a Horse's skull, not part of the caves.

 Jesse James's model.

 Ooh Salamander in a cave! It's a baby.

 This was the Limestone's! They are so pretty!

 The Limestone formed a column.

 This is Onyx Mountain!

 This is my handsome husband and our awesome tour guide. She lived in Colorado for a couple years returning to Missouri four months ago.

Botryoidal habit which a rock is formed as a grape structure by water eroding around the edges of the rock. It took a couple million years on larger rocks but a couple hundred on  smaller ones.

 This is a light show of limestone formations.

 This is the wine "whine" room. It is called that because if you look closely you can see a wine bottle and two wine glasses. If you peek even closer you can see salt and pepper shakers as well. It is called the whining room because it takes 56 or 58 stairs to get up there. Some people don't want to go up the stairs and so they whine. I toughed it out and it was worth it. It took 70 million years to form.

 He is pointing at Aragonite its a Botryoidal habit.

 

 I am having the time of my life, see?

Our last stop was this amazing cavern. This is called the "theater" and it is a stalactite formation. This is called the "curtains".

 

 Here is the "orchestra room".

 Second floor seating.

 This is the "dressing room".

 This is where the "stage and curtains separate".

This was the video!

This was nicknamed the Mother-in-law's tongue. The structure is called a stalactite.

This was our trip! It was super fun! Enjoy the video and pictures. Go to the Meramec Caverns. 4 years and younger get in free! Super educational trip. Can't wait to take our own children down there!