A cute alternative to a wedding card

Happy days ahead, Tessa and Mark.

A memorable experience

I've been underground for nearly one hour in a 44 degree environment. My hands are cold yet I'm sweating in my jacket because exploring this 1.7 million year old cave proves to be a bit strenuous.

Our little tour group of ten cave explorers slowly descends the slippery marble steps into the largest room of the Oregon Caves known as the 'ghost' room. After pointing out interesting features in the room, our Ranger guide allows us time to absorb the immensity of the cavern. The only sound is water dripping from calcified formations. The quietness of our surroundings is nearly palpable.

Our of our group, an older gentleman named Arnie, asks permission to play his harmonica. "Oh yes!" says Emily, our guide. "The acoustics in this room are incredible."

We quickly realize that Arnie is no amateur musician. His notes from his harmonica wail and quiver as he plays Louis Armstrong's, "It's a wonderful world".

At 220 feet below the surface of the earth where it takes 1,000 years for a stalactite to grow 1", where molten lava and and water under high pressure created this pathway deep into a mountainside, Arnie could not have chosen a better song.