I believe these are called stalactites

This was a very long downward trek of 71 steps, glad they decided to put metal steps in instead of the rough hewn rock ones

If you click on this picture, you'll see the kinds of steps we walked on to go down through the cave

The boardwalk to the entrance of the cave

Ron's standing right in front of the sign saying it is 444 steps one way into the cave...that makes 888 steps in all...

Another river to look at on our way up to the cave.