Living Weird in Austin
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Cave Day
This weekend, my wife and I dropped the kids off at the grandparents and did a little exploring in our area. We went to an event known as Cave Day that is held twice a year. Each time, they open two small national preserves that have numerous cave openings near Buttercup Creek that are now sealed. They take people on tours to these openings and tell about the endangered crickets and salamanders that are living within. It involves hiking and more hiking and was a nice way to spend a beautiful Saturday. We also went to cave opening in a local neighborhood that they unlock twice a year. This cave is one large room that you climb down a ladder to get to. Once inside they have generator powered lights to see the formations.
We like to go in caves. We have been in most of the public ones in Texas and New Mexico. We even crawled through the cave at Enchanted Rock when my wife was a few months pregnant. Our next step might be to do an adventure tour at one of the local caves which involves ropes, flashlights, helmets and a whole bunch of mud. What is the fascination with caves anyway? It must be that sense of exploring the unknown or the unreal. It is based partly on science fiction and the other part in returning to a primitive instinct I guess. Either way, it makes for a nice adventure. 1 comments from 1 users
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posted by
AlthaRodgers
on Apr 24, 2008 at 04:16 PM
Gabriel, that sounded like good fun! You and the wife exploring caves together... how sweet.I understand what you mean about exploring the unknown. It is very interesting. Keep up the fun with the good adventures and keep us posted. ~AR
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