Yesterday we went to see the Lost Sea, located near Sweetwater, Tennessee. It's the largest underground lake in the United States. The lake was discovered by a young boy in 1905 during a drought. The drought had caused pools in the already well-known system of caves to dry up, revealing a small passageway that led to the lake. By the time the boy was able to show others the lake, it had rained and the passageway was again below water. No one believed the poor kid until decades later when it was rediscovered.
The tour of the caves is a little over an hour long, a culminates in a boat ride across the lake. The lake is lit by underwater lights, so the water is a bright, light blue while the cave ceiling above is mostly dark. They've populated the lake with rainbow trout, which they feed during the tour. It's a little creepy to see a hundred or so trout surround your boat and then go into a feeding frenzy.
Right now, we're in Virginia staying with a friend of Record's. We'll be home around midnight or one tonight, which is hard to believe. Don't stop reading the blog, though, because I'll be posting some more pictures on Saturday.
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