Post by Brian Roebuck on Feb 17, 2008 10:04:09 GMT -5
Sunday, February 17, 2008
Carter Caves offers plenty to do above, below ground
By Bob Hill
bhill@courier-journal.com
The Courier-Journal
OLIVE HILL, Ky. -- The most expected moment in any commercial cave tour comes when the guide -- after first warning all subterranean trekkers it's about to get real dark -- flips off the electric lights.
And so it went in Carter Caves State Resort Park a few weeks ago as our guide, Kenny McCoy, issued the standard "lights out" warning somewhere in the far reaches of Cascade Cave.
McCoy has been quietly leading people around in the dark for almost 40 years. He's as lean as he is laconic; a joke-telling cross between Jim Nabors, your Uncle Wilbur and a devoted high school geology teacher.
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Carter Caves offers plenty to do above, below ground
By Bob Hill
bhill@courier-journal.com
The Courier-Journal
OLIVE HILL, Ky. -- The most expected moment in any commercial cave tour comes when the guide -- after first warning all subterranean trekkers it's about to get real dark -- flips off the electric lights.
And so it went in Carter Caves State Resort Park a few weeks ago as our guide, Kenny McCoy, issued the standard "lights out" warning somewhere in the far reaches of Cascade Cave.
McCoy has been quietly leading people around in the dark for almost 40 years. He's as lean as he is laconic; a joke-telling cross between Jim Nabors, your Uncle Wilbur and a devoted high school geology teacher.
www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080217/FEATURES05/802170353/1010/FEATURES