Keeping Promises

In this season of broken promises, we make it a point to keep ours.  A few weeks ago, I promised additional photos from Walt's and my trip to Mammoth Cave with Putty.  And as a candidate for "Best Blogger On A Blog About Walt," I intend to keep my promise.

Here are your intrepid explorers preparing for their journey.  (Putty's new Garmin GPS device not pictured.)

This next series I have to include even though the photos alone aren't really that great.  But taken as a set and considering that Walt basically told me that he didn't want to pose for the photo, they are hysterical.  As you can see, the last one isn't a photo of him walking away.  He basically turned away from me and Putty and just stood against that fence rail, staring into the parking lot.

During the drive out of the park, we spotted some wildlife.

Putty and Walt promptly exited the car . . .

and herded Bambi into this, the most perfectly framed nature photo I've
ever taken.  I call it "Deer With Forest Fire Issues."

We then stopped at the Green River, which has its origins far below the Kentucky limestone that makes up the strata of Mammoth Cave National Park's 52,000+ acres . . .

. . . to throw some rocks into it. 

And finally, what's a boys' trip without a little abject lawlessness?  (Putty claims he didn't know the meaning of the yellow "retnE toN oD" tape draped across this out-of-commission ferry.)  FYI: they were catching leaves as they floated down the river and certainly violating some sort of Federal statute.

We got out of there before the Park Rangers made the scene and departed to an undisclosed location south of the border.