Hello 2014

After a few hours of sleep, we were all up and trying to collect our belongings; it's funny how quickly 13 people can take over a house.  Feeling the need to continue the adventure, the DC part of the group headed through the Shenandoah Valley to Luray Caverns, one of the largest caverns in the United States.

Here is the oldest structure in the cavern.  Do you see the shaggy dog?  

Hint: the head is on the left hand side and you can see two legs.

The highlight of the tour was Dream Lake.  After the last flood, water was left behind and now creates a perfect mirror of the stalactites above making them look like stalagmites.

Towards the end of the tour we were brought to the Stalacpipe Organ.  A guy by the name of Mr. Sprinkle (yup that is not a typo) spent three years hitting different stalactites to find those which correlated with 37 different musical notes.  He then created the world's largest musical instrument (it spans 3.5 acres) where the rubber mallets hit the stalactites to create music.

Last up on the tour was a wishing well.  

All of the money is taken out once a year and goes to a variety of medical and education programs.  

The crew arrived back in one piece just as the sun was setting ... a Todd sandwich between two Emilys