Camp Joan - Day 5 - Over and Under

Today, us campers conquered all three of the terrains - land, water, and the sky. And we all did it in one place-Howe's Caverns.

Sara came to the caverns with us today. There were two caverns within the same proximity of one another - 'Secret Caverns' boasted of an underground waterfall. Pffft. Anyway, we got our tickets and hung around for an while. There was this fortune-telling machine thinger that only seemed to talk when other people were talking - kind of like two kids on our tour. The fortune teller kept on saying stuff like "Think you know the future? Think again!"

Anyway, we went underground and walked around. There was some cool rock formations that I took pictures of (which I will be posting soon), there was an underground river (cleverly named "River Styx". See? I remember that stuff from Mrs. Detwieler's Social Studies!)  which someone lost their miners hat in, and we rode in it, as well. Imagine looking at that for an hour and a half and you got the whole tour. There was also this really neat part called "Winding Way", where you have to navigate your way through a narrow passage for what seems like miles. There is also a short boat ride. For Molly and I, it had a "been here, done that" feeling (My sister and I had been to Penn's Caves last Spring). We had lunch and soon it was time for the moment of truth - Molly and Sara had both agreed to go on a zipline.

Now, for something completely different.

Since Molly has never written in this blog before, I'm going to have her write about the zipline, since I stayed firmly on the ground.


Hi, it's Molly here. The zip line was really fun. At first you had to get your gear on and go up a tower. Then you got a hook attached to you and you went on the zip line. It was 40 feet in the air. It was really cool. The zip line took you to another tower and there was a couple of them. You stopped at them. They were in a square so there was a tower at the corners of the squares. It was so so fun!


There you have it. Now, instead of going on an actual zipline, you can read all about it right here! You're welcome.



Dan reporting on Sara and Molly's 1st ever Zip Line ride



Molly zipping along the final line as filmed from above by Sara

And, of course, Theo and I played some sports until dinner, then played sports after dinner.



Filmed inside the dark cool Howe Cavern and preparing for Zipping

I apologize for the lack of the Camp Joan Updates, since we're one day behind. We have been doing some Camp Joan Specials that are pretty much little projects and games we do in between our adventures. We're in the middle of making a cruddy "horror" film about a zombie miner.

Quote of the day:
"Howdy, partner! You think you know about the future? Think again!" - Abner, the stupid and somewhat annoying fortune telling machine.