Mark Twain Cave and Hannibal Missouri

      We arrived at the camp ground in good time. It was a back in sight so we had to unload the car, unhook the trailer, drag it out of the way (Have I mentioned this before?...it’s Heavy!) then back in the RV. It’s getting faster to do. 
    

     Didn’t do much of anything the first day, just rested. It’s a nice shady sight. 












The cave here is famous because when Mark Twain was a boy he lived here in Hannibal and frequently explored the cave. 
He used it in Tom Sawyer and four of his other books.

  The tour guide, who couldn’t have been more than 14, told us all about each section as we came to it and where Twain put it in his book. (Tom Sawyer). This cave was like a maze. Long, 
narrow, and wrapping in on itself, I’d never seen one like it before. Not many features but still really interesting.

Squeezing through18 inch wide pathways.

Floor is completely natural.  No outside cement or other material was brought in to level it out.

   Like Meramec cave it was also a hideout for Jesse James.

After the cave we went to the winery and the restaurant. The winery was very nice. The restaurant was disappointing. I think it was the first hamburger I’ve ever bought, that tasted too bad to eat.