Our first free weekend was FUN filled! On Saturday, we visited America’s only all-water cavern, named Penn’s Cave. It is only a 30-minute drive from State College. We took the one mile guided motorboat tour on an underground stream onto Lake Nitanee. It was 55º F in the cave and we got to experience “absolute darkness” that only happens under snow, in the deep ocean, and in caves. The cavern was filled with stalactites and stalagmites that often have mysteriously familiar forms, such as The Statue of Liberty. 
According to the legend, the cave was discovered by the Seneca Indians centuries ago. An Indian maiden, Nitanee and her secret French lover, Malachi tried to run away to get married, but they were captured. Malachi was thrown into Penn's Cave to die and his body sunk in the deepest part of the cave. The story says that people could hear Malachi call out for Nitanee every day as he waited to die in the cave.
What we did on Sunday will be in our next blog. All I can say now that it in involves chocolate and screaming.
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