Lost Sea Cave

For my annual reunion with two of my friends from college, we decided to go to the Lost Sea Cave in Sweetwater, TN.  It was a bit of a drive, but I was excited to hang out with my friends, so it was wasn't bad at all.  Also, as a joke, I had matching T-shirts printed up for us that said "Three Amigos Reunion 2011" on them.  I, of course, wore mine the entire time.  My friends were awesome enough to put theirs on, too.  We looked like three nerds with our matching shirts, but it was fun.

We waited in line and then made our way down the tunnel when our group was called.  We toured the cave and had fun doing it.  It was fun to catch up with friends I hadn't seen in a year.  The cave was pretty nice and easy to navigate.  The walkways were easy.  We made our way down to the "sea".  The group loaded a boat (for about 30 people) and we went out on the water.  You were close enough to the water to feel it, and I did.  It was freezing!  There were lights under the water so we could see the big fish that were in the water.  I figured the fish would be mostly blind - it makes sense.  What I didn't know is that fish are bred to live in the sea.  They can't actually reproduce in that water.  I was a little disappointed that the fish were only there because of man and wouldn't be able to survive there without them.

Once we were done with the tour, we headed out and checked out the little village next door.  There was a general store, crazy hat store, ice cream shop, glassblowing shop, and maybe a couple other things.  It was pretty cute.  After we were done at that location, we went out for lunch.  Overall, it was a pretty awesome day.