There are several caves and caverns along the Blue Ridge Parkway that are open to tourists. After asking around, we learned that the "best" ones to visit were the caverns at Luray. According to their brochure, Luray Caverns are the "largest and most popular in the East". Owen has never been in a cave, so we decided that this needed to be one of the stops on our road trip. The caverns did not disappoint. There were plenty of stalactities, stalagmites, columns, and other formations to look at. The kids did fairly well in the cave. Of course, it was a constant battle to try to keep the kids from touching the formations, but they did a good job walking and keeping up with the group. At the end of the tour, we found ourselves in a large room with an organ in it. Luray Caverns is listed in the Guiness Book of World Records for having the world's largest musical instrument. Any guess what it is? It is an organ that is connected to the stalactites. Somehow it is rigged so that little hammers hit the stalactities causing them to vibrate and release sound. We were able to hear "A Mighty Fortress is our God" played on the stalactities. It was kinda cool.
There are several caves and caverns along the Blue Ridge Parkway that are open to tourists. After asking around, we learned that the "best" ones to visit were the caverns at Luray. According to their brochure, Luray Caverns are the "largest and most popular in the East". Owen has never been in a cave, so we decided that this needed to be one of the stops on our road trip. The caverns did not disappoint. There were plenty of stalactities, stalagmites, columns, and other formations to look at. The kids did fairly well in the cave. Of course, it was a constant battle to try to keep the kids from touching the formations, but they did a good job walking and keeping up with the group. At the end of the tour, we found ourselves in a large room with an organ in it. Luray Caverns is listed in the Guiness Book of World Records for having the world's largest musical instrument. Any guess what it is? It is an organ that is connected to the stalactites. Somehow it is rigged so that little hammers hit the stalactities causing them to vibrate and release sound. We were able to hear "A Mighty Fortress is our God" played on the stalactities. It was kinda cool.
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