Back to Surface

There's an elevator to take you back to the surface. We got in the elevator with a man and woman. She looked at SH and Soso and asked if they had a good time? I asked them to name their favorite feature of the hike.
The lady, good intentions, looked at SJ and asked, "Did you see lots of pointy uppsies and pointy downsies?"
I wish I had the look SJ gave her...classic SK. A mix of "what?" and "are you serious?" with a little bit of "idiot" thrown in.
I then broke the awkward moment with asking him what is attached to the ceiling. He replied very clearly stalactites. Then what's on the floor. He said stalagmite. Column is when two are connected.
The lady had a look of "OH OK THEN" that most people get when served by SJ. I want to place caution cones around the and say, "nothing to see folks. Move along."
The elevator spills into a gift shop with an awesome US states outlined rug. I made a game jump to the furthest state, then name it. Soso jumped, "Kansas!". SJ jumped, "Tennessee!" (Well he says TennisWe)
Another couple came over and asked if I was a school teacher? I said no, the just like to learn. As if on cue, SJ jumped, well slid Pete Rose style, "MAINE!"
Good times.
We are suckers for goofy cut outs...and SK almost had to be extracted from the kiddie crawl trough cave in the exhibit area.
Spelunking Soso at the bottom!