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| Some of this stuff is just majestic in its own right... | whereas we sometimes have popcorn on our celings... these are really decorated... | Still growing... |
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| Cool.. | Different angle... still cool! :) | Well... it's almost time for Shawn to appear... the gang has caught their breath and ready to go again! |
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| They are replacing all of the wiring in the cave... there litterly is tons of wire on these 6 foot high spools.... | I'm holding one of the cables...they will eventually replace all ights with LED lighting. | On our way to Left Hand Tunnel |
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| Protected by gate and lock... | A scientific anemometer... it doesn't turn but electric parts still can measure wind flow. | Another one up near the ceiling...neat new thought her... popcorn stops near the ceiling as the warmer air is flowing and robbing the moisture away... thus it stops ... what the instrument is testing... |
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| Said there was a decayed bat there... I couldn't see it... | Big passage... easy trail... | This is probably going to be our next project... replace all the flagging on the trails (or as much as can be done in one day). It's in poor shape in Lower Cave and not too good here. |
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| This is one of the paid tours the park service offers so it is walked on a lot by visitors. | Shawn pointed out some intersting things along the trail. | the blind man with a booger dripping out of his nose... |
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| Shawn had to place a measuring device at the end of the trail.. hence his trip down here... he was good enough to take us with him! :) | A selfie I'll put on facebook! <grin> | |
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| End of the line... unless you want to scale this side... hold on to a barely useable ledge and then drop down on the other side... oh... and there is a 100 ft pit under you at this time.... | ||
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| We finally came up and had to have our group photo!!! | The collection of junk recovered from the National Geographic pit. | Then clean up and time for the after restoration dinner at Lucy's! |
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| We also held our first Saturday and our first out of state official COG meeting. | As we had no newsletters, we just used the one off of the web! Great Trip gang!! | |
