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| The thing is between these rocks are drops of 20 to 30 feet... can't slip here!! | And we have to get the whole group across!! | So we go one at a time with the help of the parents to get over to the trail on the other side. |
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| So here we go.... | Keeping an eye out on us from above! | The trail starts up again on the other side of that far tree! |
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| In our first rock room... getting adjusted to the dark (compared to outside)... and enjoying the cooler temperature!! | It's at least 15 degrees cooler in the lower rooms as light very rarely touches them. | |
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| Take a break! | ||
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| Lights on if you got them! | Nature's skylight | A mat of bats!! |
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| Whoa!!! Those are long ears!! What in the world are they doing here?? | Break time in the "Big Room". This was the historical 'skip day' location in the 60's and 70's from the local high schools. | All shaded and B i G ! |
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| Time to rest up before Mr. D puts you though the grinders.... | ||
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| A loner... actually Mr. D has been taking Bat Population counts for decades in the refuge and never has seen long ears here!! | Tons of Cave Myotis and usually a mat of pallad bats..... | but never the solitary long ear bats... |
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| and this one just stayed there while we all passed!! | Then comes the tests..... crawl though there, then there, and come out here... | Even the adults got carried away doing it!! |
