Myrtle Beach Trip: DAY 6-8 - Three days home

On our way back, Rick and I decided to take the scenic route and get a hotel for a night. We stoppe in Cave City, KY just outside Mammoth Cave National Park.

After a night at the Cave City Super 8 we headed to the park for some exploring! It was super foggy and overcast, TERRIBLE for pictures!

Dinosaur World! We didn't go in (we woke up at like 7 so it didn't open for a few hours and we weren't waiting), but I did like this orange stripey T-rex on the way into the Park.

Mammoth Cave plays host to, as Rick calls them, "The rare and elusive White Tailed Deer"

It's also home to the "rare and elusive Wild Turkey" (m)

Wild Turkey (f) 

This little guy was wonderfully photogenic despite the fact that it was raining!

Eastern Bluebird

 Because of the rain, and the huge crowd of people trying to get in on a cave tour, Rick and I decided we didn't want to bother with the crowd and would drive around the park exploring and wait for the rain to stop (there were bits of blue starting to peek through the clouds).

We got to take the car on a ferry ride!

Green River Ferry

 The rain eventually stopped, but then we realized (after a little hiking) that ALL the trails were hiker/HORSE, and so ALL the trails were infested with horrible biting Horse Flies.

So we left and headed instead for the Audubon Parkway and the John James Audubon State Park!

a fungus/mushroom I've never seen before. It was pretty.

A very small squirrel takes on a very large walnut

TURTLES EVERYWHERE!

 Rick and I hiked a trail to a pond and found that every log was just COVERED in turtles! We think there were a few different kinds but were never close enough to really be sure on ID's.

Silvery Checkerspot

Eastern Towhee (f)

a hummingbird statue near the welcome center

the sign to the park

After the Audubon park, we finished the 8 hour drive to Rick's parents' house and crashed for the night!
After lunch today, we packed up our laundry and finally made it home!