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We loved the tour of the Cavern - Highly recommended.
Secret Caverns的点评
点评：There are two caverns at Secret Caverns, but only one is open. The smaller one called Ice Cave is closed to visitors. However, the other one called Secret Cavern is open daily, and tours leave every hour on the hour from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
I love a good cavern and have been to many in America and in Europe, so while in upstate New York, and learning there were caves, I had to go. The larger cavern of Howe Cave has an underground lake to boat on and that sounded good, but I was also interested in the smaller one called Secret Cavern. The turn off was not hard to miss. The caverns are in a great setting next to a lake.
I found their website amusing in describing the caverns as “nestled in the hallowed halls of hollow earth” and because “visitors enter the cavern by use of the petrified escalator (the 103 stairs)”. It also said that one is encouraged to touch the walls and rocks. Something that no other cave I’ve ever been in will allow you to do.
A civil engineer named Roger Mallery discovered both Howe Cave and Secret Caverns in 1928, but it’s been said that native Americans knew about the caves and told stories about the cool air that rose from a hole between rocks. Mallery discovered the hole when two cows fell in. Unfortunately, the cows didn’t survive. But having now explored the cavern, Mallery turned the hole into a tour site, at first lowering people by rope. Later, an opening was made with steps to allow more people to enter more easily.
A small group of eight of us gathered in the gift shop that was cavernous in itself, waiting for the top of the hour when the next 45-minute tour would begin. The shop was curious and fascinating with geological and archaeological items on display, along with unusual things for sale, such as blocks of clear resin with bats in them, buttons, stickers, rocks, tee shirts, caps and more. It was obvious that their sense of humor displayed on their website was the same within the store. There were hand-painted murals, animal skins and heads on the wall, strange maps, old license plates, curiosities, and two cow’s skulls, that were obviously meant to represent the two cows that showed the way down.
At last we met our guide named Mat, who gave us a brief introduction, saying that the cavern maintained a year round temperature of 50ºF. and to watch our step as some places were slippery. We would be going down 103 steps, to almost 150 feet underground. Before we descended into the cave, we were shown the original hole where visitors entered.
Off to one side, we saw where the entrance to the Ice Cave was. A humorous sign next to the Ice Cave entrance listed possible reasons why it is called that. It said, “The Ice Cave, so called because:
1. It was discovered by a local dairy farmer, Lester Ice.
2. It was a primitive landing pad for U.F.O.’s made of ice.
3. Ice from the Bermuda Triangle was stored here by the Bermuda Trilateral Commission on Subterranean Affairs in 1986.
4. The harmless voices in our heads, which we hear only on the full moon, asked us nicely and with proper use of good manners, to name it the ice cave.
5. It leads to the lost ice city of the tour guide . . . (unreadable)
6. Because it holds winter’s ice until mid-spring
We finally descended all the steps following our guide down into Secret Cave. As we walked along, Mat described how the cavern was formed. It began with glacial water that melted and filled exposed cracks in the rock. It mixed with CO2 from the air and the ground, making it slightly acidic, which eroded the limestone rock. In dry periods, the water drained and left cavities where the water had been. Secret Cavern began its formation 350,000 years ago, and evidence of this glacier action was pointed out where there were flow stones, glacial domes and branching passageways. Also, levels of where water had come, flowed and gone, were seen.
After thousands of years, when mineral laden water dripped from the ceiling strands of golden calcite formed stalactites. When they built up from the ground they rose to become stalagmites. And when they drain over rocks they are called flowstone. Calcite forms at an incredibly slow rate of one cubic inch every one hundred years. Mat showed us some fossils embedded into the walls: honeycomb coral; some crinoids, which were sea lilies and feather stars; and fossilized lamp shells, called brachiopods. The tour culminated when we reached the 100 ft underground waterfall.
We loved the tour of the Cavern, Mat was funny and very entertaining as well as informative. We bought a refrigerator magnet and went on our way. Highly recommended. They also have some great hand-painted signs and old billboards photographs on their website that are a trip. This last sign, said it all.
I love a good cavern and have been to many in America and in Europe, so while in upstate New York, and learning there were caves, I had to go. The larger cavern of Howe Cave has an underground lake to boat on and that sounded good, but I was also interested in the smaller one called Secret Cavern. The turn off was not hard to miss. The caverns are in a great setting next to a lake.
I found their website amusing in describing the caverns as “nestled in the hallowed halls of hollow earth” and because “visitors enter the cavern by use of the petrified escalator (the 103 stairs)”. It also said that one is encouraged to touch the walls and rocks. Something that no other cave I’ve ever been in will allow you to do.
A civil engineer named Roger Mallery discovered both Howe Cave and Secret Caverns in 1928, but it’s been said that native Americans knew about the caves and told stories about the cool air that rose from a hole between rocks. Mallery discovered the hole when two cows fell in. Unfortunately, the cows didn’t survive. But having now explored the cavern, Mallery turned the hole into a tour site, at first lowering people by rope. Later, an opening was made with steps to allow more people to enter more easily.
A small group of eight of us gathered in the gift shop that was cavernous in itself, waiting for the top of the hour when the next 45-minute tour would begin. The shop was curious and fascinating with geological and archaeological items on display, along with unusual things for sale, such as blocks of clear resin with bats in them, buttons, stickers, rocks, tee shirts, caps and more. It was obvious that their sense of humor displayed on their website was the same within the store. There were hand-painted murals, animal skins and heads on the wall, strange maps, old license plates, curiosities, and two cow’s skulls, that were obviously meant to represent the two cows that showed the way down.
At last we met our guide named Mat, who gave us a brief introduction, saying that the cavern maintained a year round temperature of 50ºF. and to watch our step as some places were slippery. We would be going down 103 steps, to almost 150 feet underground. Before we descended into the cave, we were shown the original hole where visitors entered.
Off to one side, we saw where the entrance to the Ice Cave was. A humorous sign next to the Ice Cave entrance listed possible reasons why it is called that. It said, “The Ice Cave, so called because:
1. It was discovered by a local dairy farmer, Lester Ice.
2. It was a primitive landing pad for U.F.O.’s made of ice.
3. Ice from the Bermuda Triangle was stored here by the Bermuda Trilateral Commission on Subterranean Affairs in 1986.
4. The harmless voices in our heads, which we hear only on the full moon, asked us nicely and with proper use of good manners, to name it the ice cave.
5. It leads to the lost ice city of the tour guide . . . (unreadable)
6. Because it holds winter’s ice until mid-spring
We finally descended all the steps following our guide down into Secret Cave. As we walked along, Mat described how the cavern was formed. It began with glacial water that melted and filled exposed cracks in the rock. It mixed with CO2 from the air and the ground, making it slightly acidic, which eroded the limestone rock. In dry periods, the water drained and left cavities where the water had been. Secret Cavern began its formation 350,000 years ago, and evidence of this glacier action was pointed out where there were flow stones, glacial domes and branching passageways. Also, levels of where water had come, flowed and gone, were seen.
After thousands of years, when mineral laden water dripped from the ceiling strands of golden calcite formed stalactites. When they built up from the ground they rose to become stalagmites. And when they drain over rocks they are called flowstone. Calcite forms at an incredibly slow rate of one cubic inch every one hundred years. Mat showed us some fossils embedded into the walls: honeycomb coral; some crinoids, which were sea lilies and feather stars; and fossilized lamp shells, called brachiopods. The tour culminated when we reached the 100 ft underground waterfall.
We loved the tour of the Cavern, Mat was funny and very entertaining as well as informative. We bought a refrigerator magnet and went on our way. Highly recommended. They also have some great hand-painted signs and old billboards photographs on their website that are a trip. This last sign, said it all.
翻译：秘密洞穴有两个洞穴，但只有一个是开放的。较小的一个称为冰洞，不对游客开放。然而，另一个名为“秘密洞穴”的洞穴每天开放，游览时间为上午 11:00 至下午 3:00，每小时出发一次。
我喜欢好的洞穴，并且去过美国和欧洲的许多地方，所以当我在纽约州北部时，得知那里有洞穴，我不得不去。豪洞 (Howe Cave) 较大的洞穴有一个可以划船的地下湖，听起来不错，但我也对较小的一个叫做秘密洞穴 (Secret Cavern) 的洞穴感兴趣。拐弯处并不难错过。洞穴的环境非常好，毗邻湖泊。
我发现他们的网站很有趣，他们将洞穴描述为“坐落在空心地球的神圣大厅中”，因为“游客通过使用石化自动扶梯（103 级楼梯）进入洞穴”。它还说鼓励人们触摸墙壁和岩石。这是我去过的任何其他洞穴都不允许你做的事情。
一位名叫罗杰·马勒里 (Roger Mallery) 的土木工程师于 1928 年发现了豪洞 (Howe Cave) 和秘密洞穴 (Secret Caverns)，但据说美洲原住民了解这些洞穴，并讲述了有关从岩石之间的洞中升起的凉爽空气的故事。马勒里发现了这个洞，当时有两只奶牛掉进去了。不幸的是，奶牛没能活下来。但在探索了这个洞穴之后，马勒里把这个洞变成了一个旅游景点，一开始用绳子把人放下来。后来又开了一个台阶，方便更多人更方便地进入。
我们一行八人聚集在本身就很宽敞的礼品店里，等待着下一个 45 分钟的旅行开始的时刻。这家商店里陈列着地质和考古物品，还有一些不寻常的东西出售，比如里面有蝙蝠的透明树脂块、纽扣、贴纸、岩石、T 恤、帽子等等，让人好奇又着迷。很明显，他们网站上展示的幽默感与店内的幽默感是一样的。墙上有手绘的壁画、兽皮兽头、奇怪的地图、旧车牌、好奇心，还有两个牛头骨，显然是代表那两只引路的牛。
最后我们见到了我们的导游Mat，他给我们做了简单的介绍，说这个洞穴常年保持着50°F的温度。并注意我们的脚步，因为有些地方很滑。我们将走下 103 级台阶，到达地下近 150 英尺的地方。在我们进入洞穴之前，我们看到了游客进入的原始洞穴。
在一侧，我们看到了冰洞的入口在哪里。冰洞入口旁边有一个幽默的标牌，列出了这个名字的可能原因。上面写着：“冰洞，之所以这么称呼是因为：
1. 它是由当地奶农莱斯特·艾斯（Lester Ice）发现的。
2. 这是一个由冰制成的 U.F.O. 的原始着陆场。
3. 1986年，百慕大三边地下事务委员会将来自百慕大三角的冰储存在这里。
4. 我们头脑中只有在满月时才能听到的无害的声音，善意地、以适当的礼貌要求我们将其命名为冰洞。
5.通往导游的失落冰城。 。 。 （无法阅读）
6.因为它能将冬天的冰保存到仲春
我们终于按照导游的指示下了所有台阶，进入了秘密洞穴。我们一边走，马特一边描述洞穴是如何形成的。它始于冰川水融化并填充岩石中暴露的裂缝。它与空气和地面中的二氧化碳混合，使其呈弱酸性，从而侵蚀了石灰岩。在干旱时期，水会流失并在原来有水的地方留下空洞。秘密洞穴于 35 万年前开始形成，人们指出了冰川作用的证据，那里有流石、冰川穹顶和分支通道。此外，还可以看到水来、流和去的地方的水位。
数千年后，当富含矿物质的水从天花板上滴下时，金色的方解石形成了钟乳石。当它们从地里长出来时，它们就变成了石笋。当它们流过岩石时，它们被称为流石。方解石的形成速度极其缓慢，每一百年形成一立方英寸。马特向我们展示了一些嵌入墙壁的化石：蜂窝珊瑚；一些海百合，是海百合和羽星；以及称为腕足动物的灯壳化石。当我们到达 100 英尺的地下瀑布时，这次旅行达到了高潮。
我们喜欢洞穴之旅，马特很有趣，非常有趣，而且信息丰富。我们买了一块冰箱贴就上路了。强烈推荐。他们的网站上还有一些很棒的手绘标志和旧广告牌照片，可以作为一次旅行。最后一个迹象，说明了一切。
我喜欢好的洞穴，并且去过美国和欧洲的许多地方，所以当我在纽约州北部时，得知那里有洞穴，我不得不去。豪洞 (Howe Cave) 较大的洞穴有一个可以划船的地下湖，听起来不错，但我也对较小的一个叫做秘密洞穴 (Secret Cavern) 的洞穴感兴趣。拐弯处并不难错过。洞穴的环境非常好，毗邻湖泊。
我发现他们的网站很有趣，他们将洞穴描述为“坐落在空心地球的神圣大厅中”，因为“游客通过使用石化自动扶梯（103 级楼梯）进入洞穴”。它还说鼓励人们触摸墙壁和岩石。这是我去过的任何其他洞穴都不允许你做的事情。
一位名叫罗杰·马勒里 (Roger Mallery) 的土木工程师于 1928 年发现了豪洞 (Howe Cave) 和秘密洞穴 (Secret Caverns)，但据说美洲原住民了解这些洞穴，并讲述了有关从岩石之间的洞中升起的凉爽空气的故事。马勒里发现了这个洞，当时有两只奶牛掉进去了。不幸的是，奶牛没能活下来。但在探索了这个洞穴之后，马勒里把这个洞变成了一个旅游景点，一开始用绳子把人放下来。后来又开了一个台阶，方便更多人更方便地进入。
我们一行八人聚集在本身就很宽敞的礼品店里，等待着下一个 45 分钟的旅行开始的时刻。这家商店里陈列着地质和考古物品，还有一些不寻常的东西出售，比如里面有蝙蝠的透明树脂块、纽扣、贴纸、岩石、T 恤、帽子等等，让人好奇又着迷。很明显，他们网站上展示的幽默感与店内的幽默感是一样的。墙上有手绘的壁画、兽皮兽头、奇怪的地图、旧车牌、好奇心，还有两个牛头骨，显然是代表那两只引路的牛。
最后我们见到了我们的导游Mat，他给我们做了简单的介绍，说这个洞穴常年保持着50°F的温度。并注意我们的脚步，因为有些地方很滑。我们将走下 103 级台阶，到达地下近 150 英尺的地方。在我们进入洞穴之前，我们看到了游客进入的原始洞穴。
在一侧，我们看到了冰洞的入口在哪里。冰洞入口旁边有一个幽默的标牌，列出了这个名字的可能原因。上面写着：“冰洞，之所以这么称呼是因为：
1. 它是由当地奶农莱斯特·艾斯（Lester Ice）发现的。
2. 这是一个由冰制成的 U.F.O. 的原始着陆场。
3. 1986年，百慕大三边地下事务委员会将来自百慕大三角的冰储存在这里。
4. 我们头脑中只有在满月时才能听到的无害的声音，善意地、以适当的礼貌要求我们将其命名为冰洞。
5.通往导游的失落冰城。 。 。 （无法阅读）
6.因为它能将冬天的冰保存到仲春
我们终于按照导游的指示下了所有台阶，进入了秘密洞穴。我们一边走，马特一边描述洞穴是如何形成的。它始于冰川水融化并填充岩石中暴露的裂缝。它与空气和地面中的二氧化碳混合，使其呈弱酸性，从而侵蚀了石灰岩。在干旱时期，水会流失并在原来有水的地方留下空洞。秘密洞穴于 35 万年前开始形成，人们指出了冰川作用的证据，那里有流石、冰川穹顶和分支通道。此外，还可以看到水来、流和去的地方的水位。
数千年后，当富含矿物质的水从天花板上滴下时，金色的方解石形成了钟乳石。当它们从地里长出来时，它们就变成了石笋。当它们流过岩石时，它们被称为流石。方解石的形成速度极其缓慢，每一百年形成一立方英寸。马特向我们展示了一些嵌入墙壁的化石：蜂窝珊瑚；一些海百合，是海百合和羽星；以及称为腕足动物的灯壳化石。当我们到达 100 英尺的地下瀑布时，这次旅行达到了高潮。
我们喜欢洞穴之旅，马特很有趣，非常有趣，而且信息丰富。我们买了一块冰箱贴就上路了。强烈推荐。他们的网站上还有一些很棒的手绘标志和旧广告牌照片，可以作为一次旅行。最后一个迹象，说明了一切。
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