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!

You can find speleotherms in the most surprising of locations. But how did these formations, form?

Want a poor artist, verbose guide to Cave formation, formation? look no further than this blog. It’s about Mammoth Cave once again!!! Why? Because The Specters of Mammoth Cave is on it’s way!!!!!!!! <- too many exclamation points?

I was offered a chance to paint a picture with my words. To wit I responded: My Saliva only comes in 1 color, and clear doesn’t show up on paper. I think choosing to use ink and colored pencil instead was the right choice. (you cant even tell the soggy napkin was supposed to be a triceratops.)

Ok. I know. I’m on a Mammoth Cave Streak. Still, I thought I should share some of my other most Favorite National Parks. This time, I thought it might be nice to talk about some of the lesser known parks in North America.

There are so many options when trying to decide which tour to take inside Mammoth Cave National Park. I continue to discuss, and highlight several of my favorite, and several which will take you on a journey shared by the Junior Rangers Investigative Club in the upcoming book: The Specters of Mammoth Cave!!!

We all know why people come to Mammoth Cave. (It’s the Cave.) No mystery here. So, as I ramp up to announcing the pending launch of the second book in the Junior Rangers Investigative Club series: Specters of Mammoth Cave. I thought I would go ahead an highlight a few of the cave tours that I’ve enjoyed.

Today, I talk about some of the other paths I recommend taking, if you should ever visit Mammoth Cave. And I include many photos, some of which are relevant to the upcoming Junior Rangers Investigative Club Mystery.

This week I wanted to try my hand at horror writing. However, that was taking too long. So, instead, I discuss an interesting question, and answer it through an experiment. (Without answering anything at all.) All to discuss Mammoth Cave, the lesser known Sand Cave, and Pokemon Go. Why? for fun.

No Geology this week. Just a shout out to the first park I had any relationship too.

Wupatki National Monument in Arizona.

It’s not too deep, mostly sarcasm and pictures.

Back to Geology. Fair warning, there is some chemistry involved and a couple big words like Topography. But mostly this is just a vehicle for my aspiring carrier as a 100% serious educational illustrator.

Time for another hard hitting, surface level, exploration into the Geology of Mammoth Cave. . . Oh wait! Researching this stuff takes time, and it’s a Holiday weekend. Why don’t we do something else instead? How about a Valentines for 3 of my most favorite National Parks? What does that even mean? Well, check out the article to find out! Don’t leave this poor little Lattean hanging!

What goes into the making of a cave? Quite literally, what makes Mammoth Cave? Mammoth Bones? No. The remains of other formerly living organisms, and the record of ancient oceans? Yes. Today, I write about the basics of Mammoth Cave. Because sometimes I just want to write about geology. (and then a blog takes way longer to write than expected, and I get tired of the subject!!!) Come for the puns, stay for the drawings. Enjoy at your own risk.

I updated the website. Mostly to entertain myself. If I happen to entertain anyone else, well then, what fun!

You lucked out! This was almost an article about the geology of Mammoth Cave. But I didn’t quite finish all of my research in time, so stay tuned, and be warned.