"Watch out ahead!" What was it? "Ahhhh!" What? What's going.....on? Who is that? Is anyone hurt? Watch out? It's probably just a low ceiling or tight place or slippery floor. Everything is slippery in this dang cave. I wonder if this is even worth it. But anyway, what about that ahhhh? Somebody fall or did not heed the person's warning? What was the sound of the voice? The Canadian Scruffy. Who was the Ahhhh? I can't make it out. Turns out, as I saw when I came down, it was my own mother. She hit her head on the low ceiling. Okay. "You okay," I asked. "Yeah I'm fine, just a little shaken. That was funny."
Okay, so she's alright. That's good. I have nothing to worry about. But, as I trekked farther and farther down, steeper and steeper steps, more of the low, slippery, and tight. We went to a lot of cool things, like beneath all the steps looking at a pool, and a big bridge over a pit and under a dome. A dome-pit. "Okay, everyb... Paul, you up there?"
"HERE!"
"Just checking. Okay everybody. We're at 250ft below the surface. No more stairs, but we still will be going up and down hills and such. We're about to enter the New York Subway, a cramped, small space with smooth walls where a river used to flow through, making all the rock go away.(Goes into big speech about that and more.) Then we'll be going to Grand Central Station, a.... well, you'll see it for yourself." The NYC Subway was cool, having big holes in the walls, smooth, and brown. Michael had also said that we were entering the second region of the rock, the sandstone region, rocky dusty atmosphere. We came into a large room that went uphill with many big boulders in a corner and some benches in the middle. Michael told us to please sit down. Everyone did that with no trouble. We were tired. I got a sip or two of some water Mom had gotten. Then Michael told us some interesting things and we left, going up some ramps and such. For the next 30 minutes or so we saw some pretty things, like stalactites and mites. It was really nice. We saw a small hill full of all of them, making a kind of village. Then we saw it. In the third and final region, the wet, drafty, region, we saw a huge stalactite and mite connected into a huge blob with yellow sticks down it's sides. It was beautiful. We went to the bottom of it, and saw it from a good angle. That was the highlight of the cave. It was amazing and spectacular. We then went through a few other rooms, and opened a steel door, going out into the open air. I breathed it graciously. We were out. It was fun, but I liked the familiarity of the air. After 2 hours, I was glad to be out. We went on the bus, drove back to the building, and I said goodbye to Michael. We went across a stream on a bridge and ate a good lunch at the building opposite the park, the hotel and dinner. It was a small diner with some good stuff, and I had a soup and peach cobbler. Then we looked around at the gift shop and left after.
We drove around and saw farms and big houses as night came, and I talked to my good friend Henry and my awesome sister Lauren. Well, we came home and I had a sandwich and stuff. I then went to bed with my bed out. No dream. Sorry to disappoint you.
Write you later,
Andrew.
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