We a made family outing to the Waitomo Caves for glow-worm viewing. A nice thing about caves in NZ is that tennis rackets are not necessary. They don't have bats so we did not have to worry about rusty back hand maneuvers. Deep into the cave we climbed into a raft for a little jaunt through the cave. All around us were these tiny bright lights, sort of like the night skies on a clear night. Penny found the whole viewing rather romantic, admitting that she could see marriage proposals happening on such rides. We learned that worms were actually the larvae stage of a fly, i.e., MAGGOTS! Worse yet, when the worms, um maggots feed, they burn up the rest of what's not nutritional, thus creating a glow. So...as we looked up at night skies...or envisioned marriage proposals...glowing around us was perhaps maggot poop. Yipes. Regardless, the caving or spelunking was great fun!
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