Our Sunday last weekend consisted of going to Lookout Mountain in Chattanooga so that we could go see Ruby Falls. A guy named Leo Lambert discovered Ruby Falls when he was drilling into the mountain in order to get down to a tunnel that had previously been close at the end. His plan was to have tours down to the tunnel, which he did, but before he hit that tunnel, he hit another air space, so he decided to crawl in a tunnel about 1 foot (maybe 18 inches high at most) for 650 feet before he was able to stand up. He and his friend were in the tunnel for 17 hours, but it paid off in the end. We had it a bit easier since they made it so we could actually walk the entire way, but here are a few things along the way... a half mile back to the waterfall.
This was the cave we walked through. If you notice, the crack goes all the way UP to the top of the mountain. I asked the tour guide, and he pointed out that we were directly on a fault line. It was pretty creepy to realize we were right on a fault line the entire way back to the waterfall!
We even passed the leaning tower on the way there.
At the end of the half mile, we came upon this. They've put a nice light show with music together for the waterfall, so it's not naturally blue, but it's really pretty. It's 185 feet tall, and they don't know where the water comes from or where it goes. We were also able to walk underneath it and look up to see the top of the waterfall, but I wasn't able to get a picture for fear of getting my camera wet!
This is my absolute favorite picture of the waterfall. Yes, I took this picture... it's gorgeous!!
On the way back, I had to get a picture of this reflection pool with the blue lights... also very pretty, although this picture is a little blurry.
As well as the western sunset. They've done a really good job of using lights within the cave, and this is also a pretty scene to me.
Here's a few other things within the cave.
Finally, once we were back out of the cave, we went to the top of the building, and this was the scene of Chattanooga and the Tennessee River. Beautiful day, but still pretty chilly!
This was the cave we walked through. If you notice, the crack goes all the way UP to the top of the mountain. I asked the tour guide, and he pointed out that we were directly on a fault line. It was pretty creepy to realize we were right on a fault line the entire way back to the waterfall!
We even passed the leaning tower on the way there.
At the end of the half mile, we came upon this. They've put a nice light show with music together for the waterfall, so it's not naturally blue, but it's really pretty. It's 185 feet tall, and they don't know where the water comes from or where it goes. We were also able to walk underneath it and look up to see the top of the waterfall, but I wasn't able to get a picture for fear of getting my camera wet!
This is my absolute favorite picture of the waterfall. Yes, I took this picture... it's gorgeous!!
On the way back, I had to get a picture of this reflection pool with the blue lights... also very pretty, although this picture is a little blurry.
As well as the western sunset. They've done a really good job of using lights within the cave, and this is also a pretty scene to me.
Here's a few other things within the cave.
Finally, once we were back out of the cave, we went to the top of the building, and this was the scene of Chattanooga and the Tennessee River. Beautiful day, but still pretty chilly!
