There are tons of spectacular places to see in Mammoth Cave National Park. Since The Specters of Mammoth Cave is coming out next week, I thought it might help you get to know the kids, by taking a tour of some of their favorite places in the park. Here are 9 (well, actually 12 and a half of the the places and activities most recommended by the Junior Rangers Investigative Club!

The Specters are comming to Mammoth Cave!

Or Rather, The Specters of Mammoth Cave is coming soon.

This week, I could have gone for a serious article, but I’d rather just share my hype for the near-arrival of the 2nd book in the Junior Rangers Investigative Club Novels series.

Let’s continue talking about The Specters of Mammoth Cave. This week I wanted to explain the origin of the ghostly tour I took you on in the last blog, and talk about some of the most prominent ghostly tales I have heard from rangers and others about Mammoth Cave. I am no expert on this topic, and will be releasing a suggested reading list next week if you want a more robust collection of the ghostly tales from Mammoth Cave.

This week is a narrative tale of a trip taken into the depths of Mammoth Cave. What specters may be encountered down there? Find out!

Also look out for the spooky adventures of The Junior Rangers Investigative Club and their hunt for The Specters of Mammoth Cave Available September 14th, 2023!

There are many haunting stories from Mammoth Cave.

Not all of them come from beneath the ground. Here are a few about the surface of the famous and fascinating park. Locations to be featured in The Specters of Mammoth Cave, and to be visited on your own!

It’s official!!! Treasure off the Coast has hit park book stores in Dry Tortugas National Park and the Ernest F. Coe visitor center in the Everglades! Now’s your chance to recreate this photo today, while supporting the park when you buy a copy!

There are a few other announcements in this blog too. Including a long running series of mine finally wrapping up, as referenced in the title.

One things parks do well, is preserve stories, and provide places for more stories to be made. Which is nice. A brief story about someone else’s adventure in Mammoth Cave.

Oops! I forgot to add pictures to this initial article. What is this? Words?

Links to more respectable websites with better information?

Don’t worry, the pictures are there now. Do you know this cave?

The Mammoth Cave book is still coming, but I had to take a detour to Scotland. It was fun! Here are some ramblings and some pictures of castles.

You’re not seeing double. These are two different articles, because there are two difference qualifiers. Happy Father’s Day to both! No white horses this time, but there is a kilt!

Blog does what it says it does. Come for the mushy stuff, (you can skip all that,) because mostly I want you to stay for the picture at the end.

This is a continuation of the 1st part of the story of a group known as the Specter Detectors when they toured a Hospital in New Orleans. You will meet these characters in The Specters of Mammoth Cave. But if you want to learn more about them check this out… Just read last weeks blog first. Ok. This might not be the last fiction I release as a blog, but the Rest of the Specter Files can be found elsewhere on the website. Just in Case

This week, and next week, I’m trying something different. In an effort to introduce characters important to the Specters of Mammoth Cave, I’m including Amelia’s writeup on the Ghost seeking team The Specter Detectors. It’s a ghost story. One of many in the Specter Detector’s line up. In the future, I’ll share more of them in The Specter Files. Don’t worry if you don’t read this. It’s not necessary for the book. Just a fun supliment in Case you want it.

As we approach big announcements about the second book in the Junior Rangers Investigative Club Series, I thought I would take some time to speculate about why Specters are even a part of the legacy of a park as storied and amazing as Mammoth Cave.

I get to wax poetic about ghost stuff. Isn’t the book cover awesome? Tell Bailey, (find out how on the pages about the illustrator page.)

National Parks have a long history of ghost stories. Mammoth Park is definitely not an exception. But, why is that? Also, meet Bethany, she’s one of the new Junior Rangers Investigative Club members on her first (readable) adventure with the team. In The Specters of Mammoth Cave. Coming Soon!!!! As for the hand in the water, we don’t know their name just yet, looks like there might be a proper introduction soon!

2 Blogs in 2 days? What madness is this? Why!? Read the title silly!

This week I write about Jellyfish snot. Why? Why not?

This week, the Dry Tortugas got a lot of new Publicity. So I will set aside my geology of Mammoth Cave article to discuss that instead. thank goodness! I have a great source to talk about this. It should make it easy to write, and easy to link… what time is it… well, I’m a day late.

I do summarize the press release about the Underwater Cemetery discovered in the Dry Tortugas, but hopefully I do more than that as well. By the way, I know it’s a catch title, but I hope you know that the cemetery was above water when they buried people there. The islands of the Dry Tortugas are prone to change. And did I see a journalist or two describe the grave marker as a headstone? Sometimes it’s ok to layoff the right-click synonym shortcut. The graywacke stone was obviously meant to be horizontal on top of the grave. Graywacke is a fancy way of saying gray sandstone, btw.

Do I tell you what those impending things are??? Not outright. But are there hints scattered throughout the article? Yes. Are they good hints? I’m not staking my mystery writing career on it. Look out for more, and walk away with 5 fun facts about 2 national parks along the way! More about The Specters of Mammoth Cave and other things soon!!!

For the longest time, I called them, and spelled them Spelotherms. and I don’t know why. They aren’t temperature dependent. (for the most part) But a lot of different conditions leads to a lot of different Cave Formations!!! If this is a blog about Mammoth Cave, and the upcoming title The Specters of Mammoth Cave, then why am I including a picture of the last park location for a Junior Rangers Club Book: Treasure off the Coast. This might be the best search optimized I’ve ever made an excerpt, and I wasted it on this! Check out the blog for links to better articles with much more interesting pictures!