Caverns of sonora

Sorry for being late with an update on our blog. I downloaded a big file and used our allotment of free Wifi for 48 hours. We still have Wifi access during the 48 hours but its too slow to do much except check email.

We took a trip up to Sonora. It's a town about an hour north of us. There is a privately owned cavern there that is pretty well known -- at least in Texas. They warn you before you pay that there are over 300 steps, its very warm --it feels like 85 degrees with the humidity, it can get hard to breathe because its got high carbon dioxide levels and it can feel a little claustrophobic.

It was all of those things but it wasn't really too bad. The tour itself was very interesting and the formations were very beautiful. This cave is known for the "popcorn" formations on the walls just because most of the walls throughout the cave are covered in this form of crystal. The other thing that was very pretty were the many "fishtales"sticking out of the walls. We have been to Carlsbad Caverns and there were some of the same formations in this cave in Texas just on a smaller scale. I would say this cave is "prettier" than Carlsbad just because of the amount of crystalline formations. This cave also has the most crystals growing in all directions, seeming to defy gravity because they grow up or at crazy angles. You can see them in the ceiling of the fishtale picture.

The weather has turned warm overnight going from 50's and low 60's to 70's and low 80's. Hurray!