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Post by Brian Roebuck on Jun 30, 2007 15:38:17 GMT -5
Today Lynn and I, Bull and son Johnathan, Steve (Super-SPUD), Rodney and wife Trisha with their children Micah, Melanie, and Hunter all headed for Billy Stone Cave for a nice tour of the cave. After observing and photographing a large Owl in a tree near the entrance we headed in. We checked out the crawling stooping stream cave all the way to the back where some formations made for several photo ops of the groups and individuals. Lynn, Bull, and Rodney all shot several photos there among some nice formations. Soon it was time to go with the young ones leading the way out of the cave. The stream we were so careful to avoid on the way in became a fun place to cool off our feet in on the way out. Some of the shorter cavers opted to get wetter than the rest of us! The littlest one in the group started wearing out and was helped a bit the final hundred feet. The Owl was still outside but quickly flew off when cavers emerged form the cave! The heat was a bit too much so we drove off in search of nearby Cheshire Cave. After talking to the owner we all decended inot the entrance sink and large room to cool back off. This cave was not as long but we all toured it and took a few entrance shots as well as a few formation shots. The owners hound dog stayed at the entrance howling for us while we were in sight of her. She was old and short legged and got hung up on a root. I rescued her and she wisely headed further up the entrance slope to wait us out. Lynn got several shots of her posing for us. Soon if was time to go and we all headed out and parted ways. It was a fun trip for all of us. We'll all have to do it again soon!  |
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Post by paul snook on Jun 30, 2007 17:01:58 GMT -5
please allow me to add a few pics to this, and yes it was a good day, out with the roebucks, the schmeides, and super- spud, who's ankle seems to be minding well.  the owl, some one who knows, let us know what kind it is?  the group at the entrance  Jonathon by the Hershey kiss  Lynn and the group during photos  Rodney on the cat-walk posing for Lynn  super- spud thinking about his next stunt  the Schmeids at the entrance on exit  Jonathon and hunter with the hound dog |
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Post by chac on Jul 1, 2007 7:36:37 GMT -5
Cave Bull, you took some nice pictures of the group's caving trip.
You captioned the owl picture as:
"the owl, some one who knows, let us know what kind it is?"
Looks like a Barred Owl (Strix varia) to me. People will also refer to it as a "Hoot Owl".
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Post by tncaveres on Jul 1, 2007 8:42:16 GMT -5
It was a fun trip for sure.
I will post some pics tomorrow.
Brian, did yall ever find the owner of Warn Springs cave yesterday after we left?
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Post by L Roebuck on Jul 1, 2007 8:44:01 GMT -5
Hey....Great photo's Bull! Yes, it was a 'good' day underground! I added my photo's from our caving trip to my Flickr last night. Here's the link. flickr.com/photos/caving/P.S. Rodney and Bull I will email photo's to you. ;D |
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Post by Brian Roebuck on Jul 1, 2007 12:01:34 GMT -5
It was a fun trip for sure. I will post some pics tomorrow. Brian, did yall ever find the owner of Warn Springs cave yesterday after we left? Looking forward to seeing your photos as well. We stopped by at Warren Springs owners house but nobody was home so we headed home. We'll try to contact him later. Fun trip. We enjoyed caving with y'all. Let's do so more often.  |
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Post by tncaveres on Jul 2, 2007 6:56:08 GMT -5
Here is a few of mine. Me & Micah taking a break.  Some of that water that you just could not get by without getting in it.  Heading out.  Looks like somebody had fun ;D  |
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Post by tncaveres on Jul 2, 2007 7:12:16 GMT -5
Here is one of some pretty nice soda straws.  Some kind of corral.    |
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Post by L Roebuck on Jul 2, 2007 8:15:22 GMT -5
Great photo's Rodney! ;D Thanks for posting them. |
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Post by tncaveres on Jul 2, 2007 10:12:58 GMT -5
Here is one of Bull trying to kiss the dog  As you can see the dog is thinking what the Heck!!!  Hunter & some flow stone   |
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Post by Brian Roebuck on Jul 2, 2007 16:25:51 GMT -5
Hey Rodney, Those are some nice photos you posted but please reduce the big ones so our browsers don't open 2 screen wide! I actually had to use the slider bar to see all of some of them. Smaller would help. ;D  |
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Post by tncaveres on Jul 2, 2007 17:12:24 GMT -5
That's wierd because on my screen they are all about the same size.  (small) How do I resize them after there already posted? |
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Post by Brian Roebuck on Jul 2, 2007 17:33:20 GMT -5
On one of your posts they look huge on both my Mac and PC here. I think you have to go back to imageshack and check the "resize image" button and choose the size 640 x 480 {for message boards} from the drop down menu. Do it for the post you made at 5:56 that starts out with "Here is a few of mine". The rest of yours are OK. Thanks!! |
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Post by paul snook on Jul 2, 2007 21:30:33 GMT -5
rodney, I could be wrong, but I believe that is called worm hole coral, its an impresion fossil of the tubes that used to house a worm like coral, its the closest thing I could find in my books that looks like it, any way, it could also be a bryozoa called sea mat,
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Post by Tony Anders on Jul 5, 2007 4:57:48 GMT -5
Great report Doc B. I hope we have as much fun as you did, when we go this Friday.
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