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SHIPWRECK OF THE ROUSE SIMMONS

June 16, 2015
Rouse Simmons Photo By: Jitka Hanakova www.shipwreckexplorers.com Surface Interval at the Rouse Simmons Rouse Simmons Photo By: Jitka Hanakova www.shipwreckexplorers.com On November 22nd. 1912, the Rouse Simmons was determined to get to Chicago with her load of Christmas trees. Water Stech and Adam Haydock at the Stern of the Rouse Simmons Photo By: Jitka Hanakova www.shipwreckexplorers.com   Captain Schuenemann and a crew of around...

SHIPWRECK OF THE VERNON

June 16, 2015
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...

SPELEOFEST 2015

May 28, 2015
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 CAVE RESURGENCE

May 28, 2015
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...

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