Stockings to empty, presents to open, a feast to eat, toys to put together, candy wrappers to pick up, wrapping paper to bag, dishes to be done... All one really wants to do the day after Christmas is sit back in a big comfy chair and take a good nap. Too bad the kids only participated in the first three of these and are still on a Christmas high. They are ready to go, go, go.
So go we went, all the way down to Tucson for a bit of spelunking in Colossal Cave.
Besides a visual treat, Colossal Cave holds quite a history. It was used from about 900 A.D. to 1800 A.D. by several different Indian groups for shelter, storage and as a shrine. The cave's history also claims to have been a hideout for different groups of bandits, one in particular made off with a significant amount of gold and Mexican silver dollars from a train heist. Though the group was eventually arrested, their loot was never found. Unfortunately, or fortunately, all we emerged with was what we went down with, but...
In the process got to touch a piece of history!
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