Blue Spring Cave - Trip Report

[L Roebuck]

Saturday found us cutting trees and clearing a trail on the Justice Place which one day might be another camping place for caver's. On Sunday we joined other caver's at the Blue Spring for a Spencer Mountain Grotto Picnic. To quote Rob Robbins concerning days such as this: "Good friends, good food, good times - that 's what it's all about!" ;D
After the picnic several of us caver's headed into Tennessee's Blue Spring Cave for a short cave trip to remove some trail matting and also to do a bit of cave mapping and survey.

Blue Spring Cave is listed number 9 on Bob Gulden's USA Long Cave List and listed number 1 on Bob Gulden's USA Longest Caves By State

Here are a few photo's.

Some of the members of Spencer Mountain Grotto

Bill Walter and Lonnie Carr

Marion O. Smith, Mark Joop and Thany Mann

Rosemarie MacDonell

Mark Joop and Brian Roebuck surveying in strolling borehole

[Sharon Faulkner]

Hey Lynn, great photos! Looks like a beautiful site for the picnic. Guess everyone was out doing some caving this weekend.

[Brian Roebuck]

Yes it was a fun day. The cave air blowing out of the gate of this 32+ mile long cave system on a 93 degree day was incredible! I was amazed even though I have been there before. We did survey the entrance area a bit to figure out a few modifications that may need to be made. It did add just a bit to the length of the system too! Now I can claim to have surveyed some of Blue Spring Cave! The worst problem was that we all were uncomfortably full of great food, it was getting late on a Sunday afternoon, and we didn't have time to go see more of the cave that day!

[L Roebuck]

Next time we should cave first and then picnic afterward.
LOL, But that is why Steve Mac. once said " Spencer is a eating grotto with a caving dysfunction "

What a great caving quote, eh? ;D