catbirdwiz

I am from the Louisville area, and frankly I would be bored spending more than a day at Mammoth Cave (seen one cave...). There is a "wild cave" tour that I would highly recommend. Mammoth has very few "pretty" features that other caves have. Some of the southern Indiana caves (Squire Boone, Marengo, etc) may be more photogenic. Mammoth is significant because it is the longest. There is some nice canoeing on the Green River which flows thru the park. As for the park above ground, it is not all that noteworthy. I would opt for a week canoeing at Dale Hollow Lake on the KY-Tenn border. It

In am a retired scout who still gets together with his old camping buddies once a year for a week trip. We are interested in camping/day hiking in the Sangre de Christos near Philmont. Rather than spending 12 days in Philmont, we are just going to car camp and dayhike around the Philmont perimeter. Obviously, Philmont is only for paying customers, but Mount Phillips, Baldy, and the Valle Vidal are all off property. Anyone have any advice re good spots near Philmont and Taos? Anyone ever "trespassed" onto Philmont property?