Tennessee - Ruby Falls

Ruby Falls was a much different experience than Rock City.  The only real purpose of Ruby Falls is to see the underground waterfall.  Because no one is allowed to wander through the cave system, you must take a tour.

The entrance to Rock City is in the side of Lookout Mountain.  When I was getting out of the car, an announcement was made that the next tour was going to start in less than a minute.  I got inside, was so rushed that I almost didn't realize what exactly was going on, and then suddenly, I was on an elevator with glass doors, plunging pretty quickly 250 feet down.  It was slightly terrifying.

The tour itself was pretty great.  The tour guide's name was Bill, and he definitely told very many terrible jokes during the course of the hour.   We learned that the falls were discovered by a guy back in the 20s who was spelunking and decided to go down a 2 ft. high by 4 ft. wide hole.  He climbed through that for SIX HOURS before he could stand, and then continued farther until he discovered the waterfall.

INSANE

Anyway, we walked a little over half a mile before we got to the waterfall.  On the way, there were several different rock formations that I tried to photo, but there was not great lighting in the cave (go figure).  Most of the pictures I took didn't turn out.  

The actual waterfall is 145 feet tall.  They have crazy lights and sound set up whenever a tour group reaches the area, and it's really quite impressive.  The lights change pretty quickly so again, some of the pictures were better than others.  Bill informed us that at the point of the waterfall, we were now over 1000 feet under the ground.

This video is DEFINITELY shorter than Rock City, but the experience was still great!