Our Spring Break Road Trip: Day 3

Home at last (after three days at least)! Today was the last day of our thrilling Spring Break Adventure. Today was the least eventful of the previous days, but still an great experience.

This morning after we checked out of the hotel we headed to the Pancake Pantry, near Vanderbilt University. The Pantry is supposed to have the best pancakes in the country, and I will have to agree that they were pretty darn good. They had an interesting variety from Carribean pancakes to Banana and Walnut, and I had the good old fashioned buttermilk version that were delicious. They say country singers like LeAnn Rimes and Keith Urban love to eat there, sadly enough we didn't have any star sightings, but we had a great breakfast!

Next we hit the road for Mammoth Cave. I was expecting it to be the same as it was 15 years ago when I was there, but it seemed very different, surprisingly not as large (you know how things always look bigger when you're a kid?). We went on a tour that was different than I had remembered also, but very cool. It rained really hard all morning long, and as we walked through the rainwater came through the sinkholes above the cave and created a ton of natural waterfalls. The guide said we were lucky to be there on such a rainy day, and to think we thought it would be a washout! It started with 300 steps down into the cave and as we walked through we saw some magnificent nature-made formations. It is amazing what water can form under the earth over hundreds and thousands of years!

Finally we made it home, which brings me back to the here and now. We've got to catch up on the American Idol performances we missed and DVRed (it just isn't the same when you know who gets kicked off), and then to sleep in our own bed. I always love experiencing and learning new things, but I love our bed! Now, to plan our next vacation for the summer. I'm seeing something beachy and relaxing...