This cave was found not long ago in 1983 when an explosion happened while some workers were mining for marble and lime. The first person to dive into the depths of this monstrous cave was a man by the name of Curta Traian. As he went through he found many skeletons of about 170 bears. These bears used the cave as a place to hibernate way back when. And at one point, the entrance collapsed and the bears could not get out.
This cave is full of stalagmites and stalactites. And, it was probably the neatest place I have yet to go to here in Romania. Mom and Dad, you both would have loved this place! Mom, you would have loved it for the mountains we were in, and Dad, well you would have liked it for the same reasons I did. But with out further ado, here are some pictures!
Some remains of the cave bears
The ceiling
The coolest archway ever
Giant Stalagmite
Bunches of Stalagmites
A stalagmite and stalactite touching!
This will take 250 million years to touch
One of the bears
Super neat stuff!
Ok so that was Bear Cave! Once we finished there, the five of us went to have a picnic up in the mountains. We found a spot next to a river and stopped there. We laid our blankets down and ate. We all had a great time resting and relaxing... while I stuff myself with four sandwiches (nothing uncommon for those who know me well). So I will leave the rest of this blog up to Randy. He would like to say a few words so here goes.
Greetings, I feel honored to be allowed to write on such a prestigious Blog such as this! As Kevin shared, we had a wonderful time at Bear Cave and seeing all of God's handy work and beauty. We went and had a wonderful picnic lunch in the Mountains there in Boga. After we ate lunch, I asked everybody if they wanted to walk down to the creek to play in the water. I had shared while we were eating lunch about how much fun we had last year playing in the creek. So I said, "Kevin the interns last year walked all the way across the creek", and of course he could not be out done by a bunch of girls. So he took his shoes off and rolled up his pants legs and commenced to step into the creek which is very cold. As he eased his way out to were the water was moving much faster, not realizing how slippery the rocks were under his feet. Well Kevin started to do a little break dance for us all, not by choice and it wasn't long before he was in the creek trying to stand back up, but down again he went.We laughed so hard, that we almost went down standing on dry land it was hilarious. Kevin slowly moved his way back to the rocks soaking wet, very calm and collected as if nothing had happened (kinda of a macho thing for us guys, like this was all planned). We packed up the lunch stuff and headed to the van were I had a towel that had got left in the van from camp the week before, ( it was my towel that I had used all week, just a little dirty) so he dried off the best he could and we put blankets on the seat for him to sit on and we rode all the way back to Oradea before he could get changed here to the apartment, which was over a hour away. It was a great ending to a great day. Kevin is one of those guys who doesn't have to say anything to be funny, it just comes naturally. Kevin has been great this summer JUMPING IN and doing what ever is needed. He has been a true blessing to us here in Romania and the ministry. We Love you Kevin and may God continue to Bless you in all you do for His kingdom!! Here is a picture of Kevin in the Creek and us enjoying. Enjoy!!!
Nihil Sine Deo.....Randy
1 comment:
Hilarious!!
Well, only 1 more week! I know it will be a bittersweet departure for you. What an amazing summer you have had! I'm so glad I got to be there for a very small snippet of the ministry there. But looking forward to having you around again. When you get back home and readjust to school and all, check your calendar for a time we can come up. Love ya!
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