Ward Cave trip tomorrow

[tncaveres]

I am taking the whole family tomorrow to Ward Cave for the first whole family cave trip for us. It will be my 2 yr old daughter Micah's first trip.

I will have pics by monday.

[L Roebuck]

Well that will be a nice cave for a family caving trip! ;D I hope Micah has a good time on her first cave trip!

Gosh, we haven't been to that cave since before it was auctioned.

[tncaveres]

Well we had a great time at Wards Cave today. Took the whole family too!


It was my youngest daughters first cave trip. Micah is 2yrs old.

We started out with the top entrance & made our way back to the dome. Did not go much farther than that due to the water in a crawling passage being to deep for Micah.
Along the way I was able to point out a few cave critters to the kids.

We then made our way back towards the entrance & took a right into a crawling side passage. We took it till it dead end & made our way back to the big room entrance.
By this time the kids were ready for a water break & some snacks.
We then crossed the big room & went to the next passage which after a few up climbs & down climbs brought us to the second entrance & room. Walking was pretty easy in this portion of the cave.



From there we went to the passage on the left & followed it to 2 big rooms with pretty high ceilings. I made the climb up to the left in the last room & came to a long crack that had a 15 to 20 foot drop into a deep pool of water.
I decided to turn around since the rest of the family would not be able to make there way through that passage.
We then made our way back out to the 2 entrance. After exiting the entrance I went to another cave that was a short distance from the 2 entrance. It is nothing but really tight passage that zig zags for a few hundred feet. Got to the end of it & turned around. Family did not go in the second cave due to the tight passage.
From there we made our way back to the truck & took one last pic.

[tncaveres]

Here is Hunter & me coming out of a low passage.




Hey Bull this pic was just for you
Even my kids now that all responsible cavers wear gloves. ;D



Wonder how that got there?

[Brian Roebuck]

It looks like y'all had a lot of fun at Wards Cave. The survey was interesting. The natural bridge area was climbed on the left side and remnants of salt petre mining were found up there. They must have built some tall ladders for that! The blowing lead at the back of the cave could go on for a good ways. Too bad it is all bedrock!

[paul snook]

looks like y'all had fun, ;D I have gloves ready and waiting for the ladies on there next trip glad to see you weren't distracted like I was and remembered to bring gloves, some one said hands off the goods in a reply on my last post, looks like you didn't pay attention, muddy hand print on the formations, shame, shame, shame,
glad y'all enjoyed ward and had a good time on your 1st family trip,

[L Roebuck]

cavebull said:

some one said hands off the goods in a reply on my last post, looks like you didn't pay attention, muddy hand print on the formations, shame, shame, shame,

Heck, Rodney just left a muddy hand print on his wife's 'bum' not on a cave formation. I believe they have a license for that.

[Sharon Faulkner]

tncaveres said:

Hey Bull this pic was just for you
Even my kids now that all responsible cavers wear gloves. ;D

LOL! That was funny Tncaveres. ;D A little good-natured ribbing among friends.

Good trip report and photos, glad the whole family went along and had fun!

[paul snook]

lol! ;D are y'all picking on me or what , i was distracted you know , la la lala! corkscrew ;D

[Brian Roebuck]

We always pick on cavers we like Bull! ;D ;D ;D

All new cavers have a learning curve to go through. It takes time to teach them and time for them to learn. I know you always try to teach new cavers the correct way to cave safely and with low impact to the caves. Take your time and let them learn at their own pace. They'll enjoy it all no matter where you take them if they are truly interested in being cavers!