Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1922-02-02
DtLTUN WOMAN
WRITES or TRIP TO
FLORIDA
,Conrinued from first Dage.)

taste viii not be forgotten. A green
mum having mild puckery tart can
be compared to a green perslnhoh'
later when we found them fully ripe
we enjoyed them very much.
From the Lincoln farm we found
some very rough mountainous roaos
and where the soil reached the sur
face it was q dark red clay. Arrived
at Cave City in a pouring rain could
not have our warm midday meal as
usuaI ate a luch in our car ana
drove on reaching the camp ground
1T Mammoth Cave at night, pitching
our tents there, the rain clouds KIND
Nv dispensing towards night.
Sunday we took route one through
Mammoth Cave. Each couple carried
q torch a guide leading the party ana
We following. We were led down over
rocky paths thru rooms with hlgh
ceilings and others so low one had TO
stoop, some passes so narrow they
were called the fat mans misery, but
nut always downward until we reach
ad the Green River $50 feet below the
surface where we took a boat ride on
the river. There were thirty-one IN
our party besides the two guides, ana
two flat boats were used to convey
us along the river. In some places,
the rocky roof was so low we had
TO bend our neads and the echoes
from our voices sounded weird and
unearthly. Aser the boat ride we
started to climb back to the entrance,
by what is called the COrkscreW
stairway. We felt it was rightly NAM
ed, as the path led around and
around and up over rocks large and
small also $50 feet OF it was up lad
dars where the rocks came so close
one had to push and squeeze to get
through. There was a general long
breath Of relief when we arrived at
che top yet all were glad to nave
taken the trip. l can't say | saw
anything beautiful in Mammoth Cave
yet the immensely and wonder OF
such places, being under ground
fills one with awe. The guide told us
we walked seven miles in going
through and considering our strain
ed and aching muscles we did not
dispute him. The day following we
visited the Great Onyx Cave which
though not nearly so large as the
Mammoth Cave is simply beautiful
beyond description.
No torches were allowed in it, only
lanterns being carried, and the deli
cate colorjngs made us gasp with won
der, the stalactites and stalagmites
taking on the formation of animals,
flowers and so on. The dry forma-
tiOns were no less wonderful with
their pure glistening whiteness. There
were other caves to visit but cold
weather was closely following us
$50 that it was advisable not to spend
more time there.
From the caves we came back to
Cave City, then to Bowling Green
and the memory of the ride there
will always be fresh in our minds
for the road was nothing but bed
of cobble stones The jolting we re-
9ceived made a lasting impression.
We rested an hour at this beautiful
little town then went on. We took
our lunch near the oil wells that have
recently been opened in the south
,ern part Of Kentucky. That night
we camped in the mountains Of
Tennessee. In this section we pass
ed some very desOlate country and
such pitiful looking women and chill
dren around the squalid houses. It
didn't seem possible such conditions
could exist. We passed through Nash
Vile where a great national GENE
terry is located. We saw the state
buildings which were closed to the
public that day and near here we
saw our first cotton fields. The plants
growing, reminded me of small rasp-
berry bushes. The delicate white,
pink, and cream colored blossoms
were very pretty. Near Huntsville
we visited cotton gin; saw them
seeding, sorting. and baling the cot
ton, which was very interesting. The
Workmen (most of them colored)
were very kind in showing us around
and answering questions.
After leaving Huntsville which is
said to be second only to Lowell,
Mass, in the cotton mill industry,
we came to some very beautiful
mountain scenery. Sand Mountain
in particular gave us such wonderful
views of the valleys and at the high
est point where the road wound
around, was a spring of pure, cold
water. The foliage with it's bright au-
tumn coiorings added much to the
beauty of the scene. We were fer
Tied across the Tennessee river at
Huntsville camping there that night
At Admission, Alabama, we found
very good city camp ground. electric
lighted. community kitchen with
shower baths and a cordial greeting
from the nnoOIn We snnnt Sunday AT