By Jeff Burton

Phil Keating and the rest of Team America made a stop at Fantastic Caverns near Springfield, MO on Monday afternoon and after taking care of business, we took a little tour ourselves.

I’ve got some vacation coming up and already have plans to join friends on an annual pilgrimage to a 17,000 acre nature preserve. My friends and I head into the BACK woods of Tennessee, just across the Alabama state line, near Sherwood, TN, to an area that is part of the Southeastern Cave Conservancy. Today’s stop at Fantastic Caverns leaves me anxious for that upcoming trip! Phil Keating even learned the difference between stalactites and stalagmites. No, I’m not gonna tell ya if you don’t know — what fun would that be?!

The cavern is fantastic and unlike crawling in over breakdown or through “wet” entrances, on this tour you get to sit back and relax while riding along in a trailer pulled by a jeep! Duck! There are a few places you have to watch your head. Thanks to the property proprietors, Kirk and Marcia Hansen, who made the trip possible!

But the show must go on! And so it will — in Branson, MO, where Team America makes a stop for FOX Report with some “Legends.” Stay tuned!

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