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서부를 향하는 첫번째 여정, 켄터키의 Mammoth Cave National Park.
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매우 다양한 동굴 탐험을 제공합니다만,
가장 대표적인 것은 아래 지도의 노란 구역인 Self-Guided Extended Historic Tour 입니다.
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Visiting Center의 뒤로 돌아 Historic Trail을 따르면 동굴의 입구가 나타납니다.
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Historic Route Entrance
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Tuberculosis Hospital Ruin
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epilogue...
어둠과 빛.
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이 곳은 신비로운 석순과 종유석이 가득찬 동굴 지대가 아닌 장대한 바위 내부입니다.
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(A) 미국 Kentucky, 매머드 케이브 국립공원
(B) Mammoth Cave Visitor Center : 1 Mammoth Cave Pkwy, Mammoth Cave, KY 42259 미국
(C) Gothic Avenue Tour : 미국 42259 Kentucky, Mammoth Cave, 고딕 애버뉴 투어
(D) Mammoth Cave Visitor Hangout Picnic Area : 미국 42259 Kentucky, Mammoth Cave, 맘모스 케이브 비지터 센터 피크닉 에어리어
(E) Green River Ferry : Green River Ferry, Mammoth Cave, KY 42259 미국
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동부의 자녀학교는 겨울 방학이 없었기에 오직 아이들의 긴 방학이 있는 여름만을 기다려왔습니다. 오래 전부터 꿈꾸던 한달 간의 대륙 횡단이 시작된 것입니다.
필라델피아 교외에서 서부로 떠나며 첫 국립공원이 된Mammoth Cave는 지난 여정에서 겪은 81번 주간 고속도로로 유유히 내려올 수 있었겠지만, John Denver 존 덴버의 Take me Home Country Road를 제대로 느껴보고 싶어 웨스트 버지니아의 주도 Charleston을 거쳐 켄터키로 향하기로 했습니다. 정말 깡촌이더군요. 집에서 이곳에 이르려면 11시간 반의 긴 운전이 필요했지만, 경유하는 길 곳곳에 가보고 픈 곳이 많았기에 이틀에 걸쳐 도착했습니다. 느긋하게 애팔래치아 산줄기를 떨쳐내며 처음으로 도착한 국립공원. 살던 곳의 지리적 한계를 깨고 나와 좋습니다.
2020. 6. 18.
두 아이의 아빠 씀.
S04.E01: 9. into the Ground - Mammoth Cave National Park
Mammoth Cave National Park 서부를 향하는 첫번째 여정, 켄터키의 Mammoth Cave National Park. ...
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