Jewel Cave

 Jewel Cave was awesome!  The pictures don't do it justice, but it was really neat to see all the rocks and caverns.  I can't imagine how the early explorers braved it, though -- it was fine with paths and electric lights, but it would have been super-spooky with just candles!

(It seems like it would be claustrophobic to be 300 or so feet underground, but it wasn't -- for most places on the tour, the cave is pretty big.  There are other parts, which only the professionals attempt, called "The Miseries", because it's a long stretch of crawling.)  The name is a bit misleading.  The cave has lots of neat rock formations ("the geologists say it's like being inside a geode"), but none of them are especially valuable stones.

We didn't actually see any bats in the caves (apparently they're in another part when they're there), but all the grandchildren were delighted to get stuffed bats as souvenirs.  (Thanks, Grandma!)

Jabba the Hutt

Bacon!