414_1457.JPG:Along the Mississippi River in Clarksville, MO 414_1458.JPG:Along the Mississippi River in Clarksville, MO 414_1459.JPG:Dam #24 on the Mississippi River in Clarksville, MO 414_1460.JPG:Along the Mississippi River in Clarksville, MO 414_1461.JPG:Along the Mississippi River in Clarksville, MO 414_1462.JPG:Along the Mississippi River in Clarksville, MO 414_1463.JPG:Along the Mississippi River in Clarksville, MO 414_1464.JPG:Along the Mississippi River in Clarksville, MO 414_1465.JPG:Meramec Caverns, outside of Stanton, MO 414_1466.JPG:Meramec Caverns, outside of Stanton, MO 414_1467.JPG:Meramec Caverns: "Loot Rock", where Jesse and Frank James supposedly hid out and split up their loot 414_1469.JPG:Meramec Caverns: Jungle Room 414_1470.JPG:Meramec Caverns: Jungle Room 414_1471.JPG:Meramec Caverns: Jungle Room 414_1472.JPG:Meramec Caverns: Jungle Room 414_1473.JPG:Meramec Caverns: Jungle Room 414_1474.JPG:Meramec Caverns: Jungle Room 414_1475.JPG:Meramec Caverns: Jungle Room 414_1476.JPG:Meramec Caverns: Jungle Room 414_1477.JPG:Meramec Caverns: Jungle Room 414_1478.JPG:Meramec Caverns: Mirror River, an 18" deep stream that reflects the 35' ceiling. 414_1479.JPG:Meramec Caverns: Onyx Mountain, a huge stalagmite (500' circumference, 200' thick, 33' tall) 414_1480.JPG:Meramec Caverns: Onyx Mountain, a huge stalagmite (500' circumference, 200' thick, 33' tall) 414_1481.JPG:Meramec Caverns: Onyx Mountain, a huge stalagmite (500' circumference, 200' thick, 33' tall) 414_1482.JPG:Meramec Caverns: Lights in one of the chambers 414_1483.JPG:Meramec Caverns: Lights in one of the chambers 414_1484.JPG:Meramec Caverns: Lights in one of the chambers 414_1485.JPG:Meramec Caverns 414_1486.JPG:Meramec Caverns 414_1487.JPG:Me in Meramec Caverns 414_1488.JPG:Meramec Caverns 414_1489.JPG:Meramec Caverns: The "wine table", the world's rarest cave structure, which was built entirely underwater.
It's called the wine table because the formations around it look like grape clusters (see following photos) 414_1490.JPG: Meramec Caverns: Formations in the Wine Room 414_1491.JPG:Meramec Caverns: Formations in the Wine Room 414_1492.JPG:Meramec Caverns: Formations in the Wine Room
(the ledge near the top of the photo was the water level for thousands of years) 414_1493.JPG:Meramec Caverns: Formations in the Wine Room 414_1494.JPG:Meramec Caverns: Leaving the Wine Room 414_1495.JPG: Meramec Caverns: Leaving the Wine Room 414_1496.JPG:Meramec Caverns: Leaving the Wine Room 414_1497.JPG:Meramec Caverns: Leaving the Wine Room 414_1498.JPG: Meramec Caverns: The Stage Curtain: a 70-million year-old vertical dripstone wall 70' tall and 60' wide. It's the largest calcite formation in the world. 414_1499.JPG:Meramec Caverns: The Stage Curtain: a 70-million year-old vertical dripstone wall 70' tall and 60' wide. It's the largest calcite formation in the world. 414_1500.JPG:Meramec Caverns: The Stage Curtain: a 70-million year-old vertical dripstone wall 70' tall and 60' wide. It's the largest calcite formation in the world. 415_1503.JPG:Meramec Caverns: Mother-in-Law's Tongue: one of the largest single stalactites in the cave 415_1504.JPG:What's a population center? 415_1505.JPG:Crossing the border into Arkansas 415_1506.JPG:Crossing the border into Arkansas 415_1507.JPG:State Route 101 just after the Arkansas border 415_1508.JPG:State Route 101 just after the Arkansas border