From the Shipwreck of the Vernon Photo By Ellery Kretlow Port bow of the Vernon Shipwreck. On October 25th.1887, the Vernon set out for Mackinac Island making periodic stops along the way to pick up cargo and passengers. Walter coming into the cargo hold of the Vernon Shipwreck Photo By Ellery Kretlow The 158ft. wooden passenger and cargo ship found herself in a gale...
As we were driving back to Chicago, we wanted to say hi to our friends that went to Speleofest so we decided to stop by for a bit while on our way back home. When we got to Lonestar Preserve we saw Tim Stoops and Bill Baus running around a bit looking for more caves to visit. We unloaded the car and waited...
Swamp Springs We came to Alfred Crabtree's property the night before to camp and (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); ended up camping in our car which was a change of pace and worked out quite well. We were actually able to fit in the Subaru. The morning broke and the warm air started to burn off the dew from the night before. Birds...
Walter Stech in McBrides Cave Alabama Our last day in North Alabama and what a day it was as we headed out towards Stevenson to visit the world famous McBrides cave. This is a classic pull down thru trip that is quite popular with cavers but the cave has also got some international attention with the rescue that occurred here 10 years ago where...
The Diggins Pit After visiting Gross Skeleton Cave, we got back to the hotel to get our bearings up a bit and bag another cave called The Diggins Pit. This Pit is right off the highway and I wasn't expecting much from this drop but it turned into quite an interesting place to visit and worth the trip!! The Diggins Pit We park on the side...
