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Jon and I have been blessed to take the children on many hands-on field trips. One thing both of us remember is the trips with grandparents to caves, like the Alabaster Caverns State Park in Oklahoma and Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico. Our recent trip to Branson afforded our children the same learning experience with their extended grandparents.
We visited Talking Rocks Caverns just west of Silver Dollar City for a guided cave tour. We were led down a series of Platforms and steps to the floor of the cave. There are 265 steps, 150 down and 115 out.
The caves don’t really talk but they do make strange noises. The tour included a light and sound show. The cave features beautiful crystal ‘curtain’ and ‘bacon’ formations along with lovely geological features.
For above ground activities, the kids (and Jon) crawled thru a SpeleoBox maze. It is 150 feet of winding, twisting passages. This type of activity is used by cavers to practice safe caving techniques in this fun, simulated cave passage.
The kids also did some gemstone mining looking for semi-precious gems and minerals from around the world. We purchased a bag of mining rough, sifted thru it in a screed box by dipping it in water. We brought home some fun gemstones along with a card for proper stone identification.
It was such a fun day, after all it’s not everyday that you get to toss around words like stalactites, stalagmites and spelunking!
We visited Talking Rocks Caverns just west of Silver Dollar City for a guided cave tour. We were led down a series of Platforms and steps to the floor of the cave. There are 265 steps, 150 down and 115 out.
The caves don’t really talk but they do make strange noises. The tour included a light and sound show. The cave features beautiful crystal ‘curtain’ and ‘bacon’ formations along with lovely geological features.
For above ground activities, the kids (and Jon) crawled thru a SpeleoBox maze. It is 150 feet of winding, twisting passages. This type of activity is used by cavers to practice safe caving techniques in this fun, simulated cave passage.
The kids also did some gemstone mining looking for semi-precious gems and minerals from around the world. We purchased a bag of mining rough, sifted thru it in a screed box by dipping it in water. We brought home some fun gemstones along with a card for proper stone identification.
It was such a fun day, after all it’s not everyday that you get to toss around words like stalactites, stalagmites and spelunking!
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