A dog was the first one to discover this cave, falling in a hole at the top of the hill... followed by several inquisitive farm boys. That was in 1920. In 1923, Dixie Caverns was open to the public. There have been many changes over the years in lighting and passageways, but the beauty of this cavern is unchanged. Guides take you "up" into the mountain and then "down" underground — all the while stopping to show the splendor that thousands of years has created. For more info, see http://dixiecaverns.com/. This Western Virginia attraction was our first sightseeing this tour so far. Hopefully we'll have time for lots more.Sidenote: If you are ever in Christiansburg, VA and expect to be hungry also expect to stay that way if you order pizza from Papa John's. I took a whopping 23 hrs to get our order. No that's not a typo: it took 23 hrs not 23 minutes. It was either the best or worst pizza we ever had. It was obviously free and by the time we got it we were so hungry it was gone in about 15 minutes.
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These look lovely! I'm going to try to take Shawna to explore these caverns. If you get a chance, there's a cavern just north of Nashville on I-65 (Mammoth Cave?) that takes a couple of hours to tour, but it's really cool. You'll crawl on your stomach, stretch to reach the ground, and generally get really, really dirty.
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