Not all beauty lies in the open air. -- Photo by Pat Bean
Travels With Maggie
The walls of Jewel Cave flow with images created by dripping water. -- Photo by Pat Bean
“Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom.” James Allen
While Maggie and I spend the next couple of months visiting with loved ones in Texas, I thought I’d share with readers and fellow travelers a few places that have enchanted, delighted, amused or awed me during my past six years of being on the road.
Jewel Cave National Monument
Located in South Dakota’s Black Hills near Custer, Jewel Cave is the second known largest in the world. Only Kentucky’s Mammoth Cave is larger. Calcite deposits in the wet part of the cave and gypsun deposits in the drier areas over a 60 million period are responsible for the cave’s fanciful formations.
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