"Eaten by The Earth"

Noon and still home, you could touch the tension in the air. Still, the whole family was working as a team packing and loading up the car to start our 13 hour trip....

After a long trip we made it to our first destiny in Cave City, Kentucky. There, we woke up to enjoy of a new day full of new experiences and confront the first challenges of this adventure.

We went caving to Hidden River Cave. This is a cave where you cannot get bored. We took the classic tour of "on your right you can see that rock... And so on your left!"

Later on we took THE tour, the one the kids were waiting for, the one they were excited for. We walked into the darkness mud and water. Only with the help of our lights, helmets and the instinct to know where to step and where not to.

It was an awesome experience to walk, crawl and walk like Gollum to keep going during the three hours we were exploring. We felt the total darkness, yeap, felt, it is something without comparison. You cannot see anything, you can only hear your own thoughts, breathing and a drop of water falling in a far pond that is deep in the cave

Like expected, the boys ended up covered in mud, maybe some got in their brain.

. After this, I know what "eaten by the earth" feels like!