Loray+Caverns

__Loray Caverns__

On the way home from Virginia we went to the Loray Caverns and it was life changing! I was standing in awe. There was a rock formation that was white like a ghost (a chill went down my spine when I saw it) and two fried eggs(it was pretty funny!)! We saw millions of stalagtites and stalagmites. My favorite part was Dream Lake. It is a river in the caverns that reflects the stalagtites onto the water. Also I learned things like above Loray there is a house and there is a vent in the caverns so the cavern is like an air conditioner in the summer for the house above so the house stays a cool 70 degrees, the caverns stays a cold 50 degrees all year long! Also, Stalagtites are formed by water that contains minerals that drips down and each time the stalagtite grows. A stalagtite grows an inch every 500 years. When the water drips off the stalagtite, some of the minerals form a stalagmite on the floor of the caverns.