{"id":3566,"date":"2014-08-18T21:11:04","date_gmt":"2014-08-18T21:11:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.retired-openroad.us\/?p=3566"},"modified":"2022-07-04T15:35:04","modified_gmt":"2022-07-04T15:35:04","slug":"howe-caverns-near-cooperstown-ny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.retired-openroad.us\/?p=3566","title":{"rendered":"Howe Caverns near Cooperstown NY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While staying in Cooperstown, NY, we saw that there was a cave less than an hour away, so we decided to visit it.\u00a0 We were a bit dismayed to see that it has very few formations and they aren&#8217;t that spectacular.\u00a0 The cavern still has a river running through it and for much of its history the river was the major feature, which inhibited the growth of stalactites and stalagmites.<\/p>\n<p>The tour of the cavern included a boat ride through part of the cave that still has water a few feet deep; while interesting there were NO formations to be seen while in the boat.<\/p>\n<p>The best feature was an area called &#8220;The Winding Way&#8221; which indeed did wind around quite a bit in a narrow passageway, in some areas so narrow you had to turn sideways to get your shoulders through it.\u00a0 Luckily for me (claustrophic!) it had a high ceiling so I was ok.<\/p>\n<p>Here are pictures we took of the cavern:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" scoped>.rbs_gallery_69e5ae551bcadSpinner{\r\n\t\t\t\tmargin: 50px auto;\r\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50px;\r\n\t\t\t\theight: 40px;\r\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\r\n\t\t\t\tfont-size: 10px;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t.rbs_gallery_69e5ae551bcadSpinner > div{\r\n\t\t\t  background-color: #333;\r\n\t\t\t  height: 100%;\r\n\t\t\t  width: 6px;\r\n\t\t\t  display: inline-block;\r\n\t\t\t  -webkit-animation: rbs_gallery_69e5ae551bcad-stretchdelay 1.2s infinite ease-in-out;\r\n\t\t\t  animation: rbs_gallery_69e5ae551bcad-stretchdelay 1.2s infinite ease-in-out;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t.rbs_gallery_69e5ae551bcadSpinner 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