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June 2005

If you're looking for a great place to take your kids, it's hard to beat the Maquoketa Caves State Park, located just 20 minutes (by air) away, outside of Maquoketa, Iowa.  With miles of great hiking trails -- both above and below ground -- the park is an easy drive from the airport using the airport's venerable '74 Chevy Nova courtesy car.

The caves offer well-lit, easy-to-hike caverns, as well as "off-trail" spelunking for the expert cave explorer.  Best of all, the temperature in the caves is constantly in the upper 50s -- just the ticket in the heat of summer *or* the cold of winter!

The incredible green of Iowa in June...	The green almost hurts your eyes...	Becca getting in plane...	Atlas on ramp under an azure sky...
Kids in cave under red LED light...	...and with a flash!	The trails are terrific...	Joe climbing up to another cave...
Everything outside the caves is green, green, GREEN...	Inside the caves, it's cool and dark...	The whole area is full of geologic wonders...	It can be a tight fit!
One of the largest caves...	Kids in the big entrance...	On the way home we snapped this shot of Kinnick Stadium under re-construction...	Another shot of Kinnick Stadium...