After going on the top of the mountain at Lookout Mountain and Rock City, we took the kids inside the mountain and "hiked" in the cave to Ruby Falls. It was pretty awesome and the kids loved it! One funny thing that happened on this excursion revolved around Maclyn needing to go potty. We were told on numerous occasions leading up to the tour, and while we were waiting in line, that the tour was 1.5-2 hours and there were no bathrooms in the mountain. So we all went to the bathroom right before the tour, and literally right after we were deposited deep down into the mountain Maclyn exclaimed that she needed to go pee!!!! I about died. But I have to say that she didn't ask again, and she made it no problem. And the tour was even longer than stated because we had to wait on a couple people in a tour ahead of us to be wheeled out in a wheelchair.
I highly recommend that you read the story of Ruby Falls, as it is super interesting!! Especially when you are deep, deep, deep in the mountain (1120 feet under Lookout Falls)!
The cave is still an active one, and the boys got to feel the moisture coming off the rock that forms the awesome rock formations. We weren't allowed to touch much (because it is still an active cave) but it was fun for the kids to touch some stuff.
A little girl can only hang for so long. Luckily Daddy was able to carry her through parts of the cave.
We thought this looked like the part from Aladdin that says "the cave of wonders!" (Yes, we only really get to watch Disney movies)
We made it to Ruby Falls!!!! This 145-foot waterfall was pretty awesome! And the kids loved it as much as the adults!
Heading back out of the mountain! It was much faster going out than in!
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