Crystal City Underground

another attraction a short distance from St. Louis is Crystal City Underground.  It's about 30 minutes south of St. Louis and is one of Missouri's many mines.  Once a silica mine for making glass, Crystal City Underground is about a square mile in size.  Now it's being used as a convention and recreational facility.  Volleyball and disc golf are a couple of the sports played there. There's also a play ground called Treasure Hunters where kids can dig for treasures.   There's even a 150 acre lake in there, too, formed by artesian water.  We went here to take the barge ride in the lake.  It was neat tour and a nice break from our summer temperatures.

 Would probably be a nice place to play volleyball.  At about 55 degrees, wouldn't have to worry about getting too hot!

 From the barge heading back to the dock.

 The barge we took the 35-45 minute tour on.  It even had a propane heater lamp for those who needed a little warming.