Sandra and Carl took me to the Underground Salt Museum after our trip to Yoder. This was probably one of my favorite spots we've visited so far. The mine is still active, although they don't take tourists to the active portion. It's 650 below ground-deeper than the St. Louis Arch is tall! The air is so strange down there. Normally caves or mines are sort of damp and musty, but in a salt mine the air is incredibly dry. They even use the salt to make the concrete for the floor, so they won't let people bring anything to drink down there.
The giant block of salt in the third picture weighs 3 tons! The last picture is of a pile of salt rocks. When you pay to go on the Dark Tour, they let you take one the size of your palm or fill a little bag. Pretty cool!
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