CA to DC (the first three weeks)

 

Capitol Reef National Park

Goblin Valley State Park (Utah)

Crossing the Continental Divide in Colorado

Salt museum 650’ underground in a salt mine.

A very large piece of salt

Walls and ceilings are salt. Floors have been paved.

Because of the dry and temperature-stable environment, the salt mine was used as emergency supplies storage during the cold war. And they still have some of the stuff (for the museum not for an emergency).

Empty Atlas missile silo

Rickhouses for aging bourbon in barrels. This particular rickhouse holds 55,000 barrels. Dozens of others hold 22,000 barrels. This is just for the 2nd largest distillery in the country. 

Inside the rickhouse

Jeff did some shopping

Mammoth cave (Kentucky) is 400 miles of interconnected passages in an area 7 miles x 7 miles x 400’ deep.

Hiking at Red River Gorge Geological Area (Kentucky)

And Natural Bridge Resort State Park (also Kentucky)