Entrance to Los Chorros Day2 it can be a challenge to sleep in Puerto rico at night with the coqi frogs chirping away all night. I am not sure how many hours of sleep we got but we had to wake up 530 Atlantic time which is 330 AM central time so we could get to the other side of the island to...
Adam Haydock Rio Blanco river canyon Puerto Rico Pat and I woke up early Thursday morning so we could get to the waterfall cascade hike before the afternoon when flash floods typically can happen. In Puerto Rico flash floods can happen at anytime but since we went in the dry season the threat of flash floods was minimized. We got a ride to the...
Cueva Clara Puerto Rico Last day of caving we checked out of the hotel and went to the pastry shop to meet up with the rest of the cavers for the day. Pat and I had a conversation about swift water techniques. Pat was concerned about swimming in the cave so I made a flotation device out of my backpack for him so...
Salts Cave, Indiana We got in the truck and headed down to South central Indiana to visit a beautiful cave system called Salts Cave. Scalloped walls in Salts Cave, Indiana This is a nice cave with all kinds of interesting features going from slot canyon passage to river passage with large rooms and other interesting features. Salts Cave, Indiana We entered the cave...
Sullivan Cave, Indiana It was great to get everyone together for a trip to Sullivan cave and after talking with Windy City Grotto, we got around 13 people together for the trip into the cave. Sullivan Cave, Indiana It was a bitter cold day with some snow in the forecast but nothing we thought would create a flood which changed a bit once...
Coldwater Cave Iowa This is my second time visiting Coldwater cave and after the first time in the cavge, I was itching to come back and visit the downstream passages that this cave had to offer. Mark Jones and Mike Lace accompanied us on this wonderful trip down river to the sump which was quite fun and quite, well....COLD!!! Coldwater Cave Iowa Even in...