Inner Space Caverns Georgetown, TX just north of Austin. Not your ordinary cave tour. Tony and Wendy were our guides in this physically challenging yet amazing experience. The shirts are dirty for a reason. We never expected to squeeze thru some of the holes and crevices we encountered in the three hours we were underground. Most of the time was spent on hands and knee or elbows and knee over dirt, mud or rock. In addition to the standard formations of stalagtites, stalagmites, draperies, cave bacon and soda straws we saw coral, rimstone pools and helictites. This area used to be a sea bed thus the coral. Helictites are similar to stalagtites and stalagmites but they seem to defy gravity and grow horizontal to the ground. There were even bones of prehistoric creatures such as mammoth and sabertooth tigers.
In celebration of the Last harvest and the end of the Celtic year we have carved our own pumpkin and named him Jack. Maybe it will help keep away malevolent spirits. 
The search was on for the perfect pumpkin. Unlike in
Donny enjoys looking for shells on this Jacksonville beach. It was a very quiet afternoon, although the weather was quite nice. I plan to make a bracelet from our findings. 
Lake Michigan from St Joseph, MI. Since there were no hotel rooms in South Bend, IN for our Notre Dame event, we stayed over the border in Michigan. Good thing, since this a great jumping off point for exploring the quaint town of St Joseph. After viewing the "lake" we pondered why there wasn't a new term coined just for a body of water like this. We ate dinner at restaurant called Spinnaker's. Tamara had perch from Lake Superior, while Donny had a filet mignon. Not sure if it was a white or yellow perch, and it sure is hard to find info on safe/responsible freshwater fish consumption. Ocean fish are much easier to research . . .
This was close to the half way point on our trip from Tempe to Altoona.
