点评:We first visited this park 15 years ago and were blown away by how amazing the cave was. We had to bring our daughter to experience it. We left home early in the morning and drove 6 hours to get there. I should know better now than to do this, as we never enjoy something as much after a long day of travel..but we're on a short time frame so we made the best of it. We purchased tickets for the historic tour online 2 nights before. I hesitated to do this because I wasn't sure when we would arrive. I got tickets for the last slot at 3:15. I'm very glad I did, as pretty much all the tours were sold out when we arrived around noon. We had plenty of time for my daughter to work on her junior ranger badge. There were lots of friendly park rangers around the visitors center to answer questions. We grabbed a quick coffee at a cute cafe and walked around outside by the new family cabins being built. Those are going to be beautiful! Our tour began promptly and had about 100 people. The ranger advised not to stop to take pictures and no flash photography. I get that he can't have 100 people stopping every 3 feet to take pictures, but it was disappointing to not be able to capture some of the awe inspiring scenery inside. They have paved a lot more paths inside the cave since last time. More convenient for my middle aged body, but not as exciting or rustic of an experience. I recall crawling through some tight areas 15 years ago, and it wasn't exactly like that this time. I guess nothing stays the same...not even a cave that formed thousands of years ago! Still absolutely worth a visit if you've never been.
翻译:15 年前我们第一次参观这个公园时,就被这个洞穴的神奇所震撼。我们不得不带女儿去体验。我们一大早就出发,开车 6 个小时才到达那里。我现在应该知道不应该这样做,因为在经过一整天的旅行后,我们从来没有享受过如此多的乐趣……但我们的时间很紧,所以我们充分利用了时间。我们在两天前在网上购买了历史之旅的门票。我犹豫了,因为我不确定我们什么时候会到达。我拿到了 3:15 的最后一场门票。我很高兴我这么做了,因为当我们中午到达时,几乎所有的旅行团门票都卖光了。我们有充足的时间让我的女儿学习初级护林员徽章。游客中心周围有很多友好的护林员来回答问题。我们在一家可爱的咖啡馆喝了杯咖啡,在外面正在建造的新家庭小屋旁散步。那些小屋会很漂亮!我们的旅行准时开始,大约有 100 人。护林员建议不要停下来拍照,也不要用闪光灯拍照。我知道他不能让 100 个人每隔 3 英尺就停下来拍照,但无法捕捉到洞内令人惊叹的风景,这令人失望。自上次以来,他们在洞穴内铺设了更多的路径。对我这个中年的身体来说更方便,但体验没有那么刺激或质朴。我记得 15 年前爬过一些狭窄的地方,这次的情况完全不同。我想没有什么是一成不变的……即使是几千年前形成的洞穴!如果你从未去过,这里仍然绝对值得一游。