One of the benefits of working for Lake George Escape is that a lot of the local attractions give us free access. They do this so that we can promote their attractions to the campers. We also sell discounted tickets to the campers. Last week, Ed and I went to Natural Stone Bridge and Cave.
This massive stone bridge arch is the LARGEST marble cave entrance in the east. Unlike the slow forming limestone caverns, these marble caves were rapidly formed during the last ice age by an unusual East-West trending fault which exposed a layer of ancient marble to raging acidic floodwaters from melting glaciers.
That’s a big chuck of stone with a lot of marble in it that fell from the top in a 9,000 ton rockfall in 1956.
It was quite a hike and we arrived home very tired. It was a beautiful day for it though.
I read another blog today on Lake George area and thought of you. There certainly are a lot of things to see in that area. I'm glad you're getting a chance to play a little too.
ReplyDeleteA marble cave - we haven't been to one of those yet. Must get on my list. I'm sure glad that you didn't just want to relax on your day off cause I sure enjoyed seeing this area.
ReplyDeleteNice employee bonus. Glad you got to take advantage of it.
ReplyDeleteThis place looks awesome. I never heard of this type of cave. That is pretty cool that they let you visit free...makes tons of sense. Good job!
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