点评:Our tour guide, Laney, did an incredible job managing our group of 14, including 6 kids ranging from 3-10yo (thank you for indulging them in a round of "Lava Chicken"). It was informative and well-paced. Navigating the cave was not as hard as I thought it might be, given the precautions they have you take in advance (no bags, nothing bulky in pockets/on your belt etc), but you do have to be in reasonable shape to get back up the stairs and able to bend over to get under a few formations.
Afterwards all the kids did the gemstone "mining", which was very entertaining for them (beautiful additions to our house rock collection). Overall it was a great little tourist trap, well set up with shady benches to wait And refreshments available for purchase in the gift shop.
I also want to say I appreciate that their staff was looking out for the two dogs some idiot had locked in their car with no AC on in the mostly unshaded parking lot on a 70+ degree day.
All around great way to spend a couple of hours!
翻译:我们的导游 Laney 非常出色地管理了我们 14 人的团队,其中包括 6 个 3 到 10 岁的孩子(感谢导游让他们享受了一轮“熔岩鸡”)。导游讲解内容丰富,节奏也恰到好处。由于导游提前做好了预防措施(不带包,口袋/腰带上不要挂笨重物品等),所以在洞穴中穿行并没有我想象的那么难。但你需要保持良好的体格才能爬上楼梯,并且能够弯腰穿过一些岩层。
之后,所有孩子都进行了“宝石挖掘”,这对他们来说非常有趣(为我们家的岩石收藏增添了美丽的色彩)。总的来说,这是一个很棒的小型旅游胜地,设施齐全,有阴凉的长椅可以等候,礼品店里还有茶点出售。
我还想说,我很感激他们的工作人员在70多华氏度的高温下,把两只狗锁在了几乎没有遮荫的停车场里,而且没有开空调。
总的来说,这是消磨几个小时的好方法!