Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, Indiana Around 20,000 years ago the glaciers receded back into the Lake Michigan Basin and deposited these sand hills which rendered this massive amount of sand we can find today at the National Lakeshore. Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, Indiana As the receded, there were points where the dunes created kettle ponds which can be found today in the form...
Shipwreck of the St. Albans After finding out that the St. Albains and the EMBA were at around 150-160 to the dirt I wanted to make sure I got out to these two shipwrecks this summer and after some equipments updates, I was able to get these last two dives in before the viz in the lake started going down. My Dive Buddy...
Entrance to Wells Cave Jorge and Rich Pagels were waiting around all day to do something since they are not vertical cavers so i wanted to make sure we were able to get something horizontal in before it got too late. I got back and Laura, Rich, Jorge, and myself got to Wells cave in good time. We rigged a hand line and...
Wilson's Pit Right after Easy Pit we made it over to the location where Wilson's Pit has eroded its way to the surface. This is a 100 ft pit where 30ft is on a ledge and another 80 ft is a free fall down a large borehole pit. Rappelling this pit was a nice because you pass stratified rock layers which was like taking an elevator tour back in...
Easy Pit entrance with a trickling waterfall We woke up early to get a head start so we could get to these pits at the right time. We ate breakfast at Fredrick's in Corydon IN which is a good breakfast place and also a meet up for cavers in the area. We got through that and made it over to the property Easy Pit...
Ascending out of Rothrock Pit I have been Waiting to go to Cave Capers for a year now. I had a group of friends that went down there last year and had a blast so I was eager to get down there and have a good time as well as check out some caves in the area. I got to Chris Parks house the...
Eb Allen over the bow. The last dive of the trip we dove the Eb Allen. This is one of the Preserves classic dives with a ship at around 100 ft to the dirt and buoyed!! The Eb Allen was going to New York and was hit on its portside and tore a large hole into the hull. She sank and rests upright...
