2nd grade field trip

I was blessed to be part of another field trip!  This year, the 2nd graders went to Inner Space Caverns.  I went on a field trip here as a child and was happy to come back!

Boarding the bus

The history

The kids got to "mine" for minerals

moving along...

posing...

Lucy and her best friend, Londyn

Mia and Rhianna

They also had a few animals to look at outside

class pic in front of the animals

Lucy and Londyn again

waiting for our turn to go into the cavern

Walking down into the cavern

a bat

class pic in the cavern

cute class!

soda straws

neat formations

The only one we were allowed to touch

Here is the 2-foot hole that the first explorer came through

Can you see the "bacon"?

She likes bacon...

It was a tight squeeze at times

We all enjoyed a picnic lunch afterwards

landowner Rev. Laubach

One of the most interesting things I found was that the landowner at the time that the caverns were discovered was a Lutheran pastor in Texas.  He was ordained and served around the same time as my great-grandfather--they probably knew each other!

All in all, it was a great field trip!