Re: [Texascavers] related to swimming holes

2019-01-21 Thread William R. Elliott 
Yëäh, Ï knëw thät.

Höhle, Höhle, Höhle, Höhle.

Tack så mycket (Swedish),

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On Mon, Jan 21, 2019 at 9:29 AM William R. Elliott 
wrote:

> If you go to the AMCS website you can find a map of the underwater cave,
> Manantial de la Media Luna, in the cave maps, San Luis Potosí page. See
>
> http://www.mexicancaves.org/maps/0544.pdf
>
> The map is a plan and profile in German. Drawn by O. Knab, 1988. BCRA 1A.
> Shows 3 main holes and 7 small ones. No. 1, Hauptquelle (main source) is 35
> m deep, 30 m long. No. 2 and 3, connected "Hohle" (cave), 35 m deep, 27 m
> long. No. 8 is "UW Hohle" (La Cueva), 48 m deep, 50 m long. Total length
> 107 m.
>
> *William R. (Bill) Elliott*
>
> *speodes...@gmail.com *
>
> 573-291-5093 cell
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 21, 2019 at 9:09 AM John Brooks <
> john.brooks.archit...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> David,
>>
>> Invite your daughter on a road trip to Mexico to see your favorite places
>> - and then take the trip.
>>
>> Someday she will be thankful for the time spent together.
>>
>> John
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Jan 20, 2019, at 10:11 PM, David  wrote:
>>
>> There are quite a few people that are on this list-server ( or that used
>> to be )
>> who have been swimming at a rural spot in Mexico called "Laguna de la
>> Media Luna."
>>
>> Most of the cavers that attended Mexpeleo 95 ( at Sierra de Alvarez ),
>> went swimming here.
>>
>> Here is a nice video showing the swimming hole from the air.
>>
>>  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGLOmug3F8M
>>
>> I recall a caver on this list-serve saying that they had once explored
>> the underwater
>> cave at the bottom of the sinkhole. The water in the cave appears to
>> be too murky
>> to entice me to want to dive there ( if ever learned how ).
>>
>> I have been swimming here twice, but each time we were in too big of a
>> hurry, and were
>> mostly just there to relax from the long drive before heading to cave.
>>
>> I think the image below is an aerial view of the area:
>>
>> http://www.segam.gob.mx/images/FotosANPS/mediapoli.png
>>
>> Here is a link on Google Maps:
>>
>> https://goo.gl/maps/yNXza5tVNs82
>>
>> I do not see any easy to find karst information specific to this
>> particular sinkhole and the cave, so there is
>> an idea for someone to write an article.
>>
>> There was some kind of big fire there on Christmas Eve, but I could not
>> find any info on what
>> effect it had on the "parque."
>>
>> On a not-so related note,
>>
>> It has now been years since I went on a caving trip in Mexico.I can
>> only guess 15 or 16 years.I
>> really miss it.One of the many bizarre ironies of my life, is that I
>> went way out of my way to marry a girl from
>> down there, ( in a gamble ? ), that she and I would enjoy traveling
>> together down there.   My daughter will
>> soon be 15 and I have never taken her to any of my favorite places,
>> especially those in Mexico.Now that
>> she is a teenager, she thinks her old geezer dad is too boring to hang
>> out with.  The idea of a road-trip
>> with her is about as likely as going to the Moon.   I never imagined that
>> aspect
>> of my life would be so disappointing and stressful. All I can do for
>> the time being, is watch YouTube videos
>> and take deep breaths, although I am trying to force myself to drink a
>> Kombucha Ginger drink instead of a Dr. Pepper.
>>
>> I am going to have to find a nice waterfall soon and sit for a long
>> time.About the only thing keeping me
>> sane at the moment ( if that is even still possible ), is my recent
>> obsession with learning about Linux computering.
>>
>>
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Re: [Texascavers] related to swimming holes

2019-01-21 Thread Katherine Arens 
Bil, while you’re correcting spanish, don’t mess up the German
Höhle  is correct, not what you have — needs to have an umlaut (two dots, 
option u on mac) over the o

On Jan 21, 2019, at 9:29 AM, William R. Elliott 
mailto:speodes...@gmail.com>> wrote:

If you go to the AMCS website you can find a map of the underwater cave, 
Manantial de la Media Luna, in the cave maps, San Luis Potosí page. See

http://www.mexicancaves.org/maps/0544.pdf

The map is a plan and profile in German. Drawn by O. Knab, 1988. BCRA 1A. Shows 
3 main holes and 7 small ones. No. 1, Hauptquelle (main source) is 35 m deep, 
30 m long. No. 2 and 3, connected "Hohle" (cave), 35 m deep, 27 m long. No. 8 
is "UW Hohle" (La Cueva), 48 m deep, 50 m long. Total length 107 m.

William R. (Bill) Elliott

speodes...@gmail.com

573-291-5093 cell


On Mon, Jan 21, 2019 at 9:09 AM John Brooks 
mailto:john.brooks.archit...@gmail.com>> wrote:
David,

Invite your daughter on a road trip to Mexico to see your favorite places - and 
then take the trip.

Someday she will be thankful for the time spent together.

John

Sent from my iPhone

On Jan 20, 2019, at 10:11 PM, David 
mailto:dlocklea...@gmail.com>> wrote:

There are quite a few people that are on this list-server ( or that used to be )
who have been swimming at a rural spot in Mexico called "Laguna de la Media 
Luna."

Most of the cavers that attended Mexpeleo 95 ( at Sierra de Alvarez ),
went swimming here.

Here is a nice video showing the swimming hole from the air.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGLOmug3F8M

I recall a caver on this list-serve saying that they had once explored the 
underwater
cave at the bottom of the sinkhole. The water in the cave appears to be too 
murky
to entice me to want to dive there ( if ever learned how ).

I have been swimming here twice, but each time we were in too big of a hurry, 
and were
mostly just there to relax from the long drive before heading to cave.

I think the image below is an aerial view of the area:

http://www.segam.gob.mx/images/FotosANPS/mediapoli.png

Here is a link on Google Maps:

https://goo.gl/maps/yNXza5tVNs82

I do not see any easy to find karst information specific to this particular 
sinkhole and the cave, so there is
an idea for someone to write an article.

There was some kind of big fire there on Christmas Eve, but I could not find 
any info on what
effect it had on the "parque."

On a not-so related note,

It has now been years since I went on a caving trip in Mexico.I can only 
guess 15 or 16 years.I
really miss it.One of the many bizarre ironies of my life, is that I went 
way out of my way to marry a girl from
down there, ( in a gamble ? ), that she and I would enjoy traveling together 
down there.   My daughter will
soon be 15 and I have never taken her to any of my favorite places, especially 
those in Mexico.Now that
she is a teenager, she thinks her old geezer dad is too boring to hang out 
with.  The idea of a road-trip
with her is about as likely as going to the Moon.   I never imagined that aspect
of my life would be so disappointing and stressful. All I can do for the 
time being, is watch YouTube videos
and take deep breaths, although I am trying to force myself to drink a Kombucha 
Ginger drink instead of a Dr. Pepper.

I am going to have to find a nice waterfall soon and sit for a long time.
About the only thing keeping me
sane at the moment ( if that is even still possible ), is my recent obsession 
with learning about Linux computering.


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Re: [Texascavers] related to swimming holes

2019-01-21 Thread William R. Elliott 
If you go to the AMCS website you can find a map of the underwater cave,
Manantial de la Media Luna, in the cave maps, San Luis Potosí page. See

http://www.mexicancaves.org/maps/0544.pdf

The map is a plan and profile in German. Drawn by O. Knab, 1988. BCRA 1A.
Shows 3 main holes and 7 small ones. No. 1, Hauptquelle (main source) is 35
m deep, 30 m long. No. 2 and 3, connected "Hohle" (cave), 35 m deep, 27 m
long. No. 8 is "UW Hohle" (La Cueva), 48 m deep, 50 m long. Total length
107 m.

*William R. (Bill) Elliott*

*speodes...@gmail.com *

573-291-5093 cell


On Mon, Jan 21, 2019 at 9:09 AM John Brooks 
wrote:

> David,
>
> Invite your daughter on a road trip to Mexico to see your favorite places
> - and then take the trip.
>
> Someday she will be thankful for the time spent together.
>
> John
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jan 20, 2019, at 10:11 PM, David  wrote:
>
> There are quite a few people that are on this list-server ( or that used
> to be )
> who have been swimming at a rural spot in Mexico called "Laguna de la
> Media Luna."
>
> Most of the cavers that attended Mexpeleo 95 ( at Sierra de Alvarez ),
> went swimming here.
>
> Here is a nice video showing the swimming hole from the air.
>
>  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGLOmug3F8M
>
> I recall a caver on this list-serve saying that they had once explored the
> underwater
> cave at the bottom of the sinkhole. The water in the cave appears to
> be too murky
> to entice me to want to dive there ( if ever learned how ).
>
> I have been swimming here twice, but each time we were in too big of a
> hurry, and were
> mostly just there to relax from the long drive before heading to cave.
>
> I think the image below is an aerial view of the area:
>
> http://www.segam.gob.mx/images/FotosANPS/mediapoli.png
>
> Here is a link on Google Maps:
>
> https://goo.gl/maps/yNXza5tVNs82
>
> I do not see any easy to find karst information specific to this
> particular sinkhole and the cave, so there is
> an idea for someone to write an article.
>
> There was some kind of big fire there on Christmas Eve, but I could not
> find any info on what
> effect it had on the "parque."
>
> On a not-so related note,
>
> It has now been years since I went on a caving trip in Mexico.I can
> only guess 15 or 16 years.I
> really miss it.One of the many bizarre ironies of my life, is that I
> went way out of my way to marry a girl from
> down there, ( in a gamble ? ), that she and I would enjoy traveling
> together down there.   My daughter will
> soon be 15 and I have never taken her to any of my favorite places,
> especially those in Mexico.Now that
> she is a teenager, she thinks her old geezer dad is too boring to hang out
> with.  The idea of a road-trip
> with her is about as likely as going to the Moon.   I never imagined that
> aspect
> of my life would be so disappointing and stressful. All I can do for
> the time being, is watch YouTube videos
> and take deep breaths, although I am trying to force myself to drink a
> Kombucha Ginger drink instead of a Dr. Pepper.
>
> I am going to have to find a nice waterfall soon and sit for a long
> time.About the only thing keeping me
> sane at the moment ( if that is even still possible ), is my recent
> obsession with learning about Linux computering.
>
>
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Re: [Texascavers] related to swimming holes

2019-01-21 Thread William R. Elliott 
If you go the AMCS website, look for

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On Mon, Jan 21, 2019 at 9:09 AM John Brooks 
wrote:

> David,
>
> Invite your daughter on a road trip to Mexico to see your favorite places
> - and then take the trip.
>
> Someday she will be thankful for the time spent together.
>
> John
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jan 20, 2019, at 10:11 PM, David  wrote:
>
> There are quite a few people that are on this list-server ( or that used
> to be )
> who have been swimming at a rural spot in Mexico called "Laguna de la
> Media Luna."
>
> Most of the cavers that attended Mexpeleo 95 ( at Sierra de Alvarez ),
> went swimming here.
>
> Here is a nice video showing the swimming hole from the air.
>
>  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGLOmug3F8M
>
> I recall a caver on this list-serve saying that they had once explored the
> underwater
> cave at the bottom of the sinkhole. The water in the cave appears to
> be too murky
> to entice me to want to dive there ( if ever learned how ).
>
> I have been swimming here twice, but each time we were in too big of a
> hurry, and were
> mostly just there to relax from the long drive before heading to cave.
>
> I think the image below is an aerial view of the area:
>
> http://www.segam.gob.mx/images/FotosANPS/mediapoli.png
>
> Here is a link on Google Maps:
>
> https://goo.gl/maps/yNXza5tVNs82
>
> I do not see any easy to find karst information specific to this
> particular sinkhole and the cave, so there is
> an idea for someone to write an article.
>
> There was some kind of big fire there on Christmas Eve, but I could not
> find any info on what
> effect it had on the "parque."
>
> On a not-so related note,
>
> It has now been years since I went on a caving trip in Mexico.I can
> only guess 15 or 16 years.I
> really miss it.One of the many bizarre ironies of my life, is that I
> went way out of my way to marry a girl from
> down there, ( in a gamble ? ), that she and I would enjoy traveling
> together down there.   My daughter will
> soon be 15 and I have never taken her to any of my favorite places,
> especially those in Mexico.Now that
> she is a teenager, she thinks her old geezer dad is too boring to hang out
> with.  The idea of a road-trip
> with her is about as likely as going to the Moon.   I never imagined that
> aspect
> of my life would be so disappointing and stressful. All I can do for
> the time being, is watch YouTube videos
> and take deep breaths, although I am trying to force myself to drink a
> Kombucha Ginger drink instead of a Dr. Pepper.
>
> I am going to have to find a nice waterfall soon and sit for a long
> time.About the only thing keeping me
> sane at the moment ( if that is even still possible ), is my recent
> obsession with learning about Linux computering.
>
>
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Re: [Texascavers] related to swimming holes

2019-01-21 Thread John Brooks 
David,

Invite your daughter on a road trip to Mexico to see your favorite places - and 
then take the trip.

Someday she will be thankful for the time spent together.

John

Sent from my iPhone

> On Jan 20, 2019, at 10:11 PM, David  wrote:
> 
> There are quite a few people that are on this list-server ( or that used to 
> be )
> who have been swimming at a rural spot in Mexico called "Laguna de la Media 
> Luna."
> 
> Most of the cavers that attended Mexpeleo 95 ( at Sierra de Alvarez ),
> went swimming here.
> 
> Here is a nice video showing the swimming hole from the air.
> 
>  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGLOmug3F8M
> 
> I recall a caver on this list-serve saying that they had once explored the 
> underwater
> cave at the bottom of the sinkhole. The water in the cave appears to be 
> too murky
> to entice me to want to dive there ( if ever learned how ).
> 
> I have been swimming here twice, but each time we were in too big of a hurry, 
> and were
> mostly just there to relax from the long drive before heading to cave.
> 
> I think the image below is an aerial view of the area:
> 
> http://www.segam.gob.mx/images/FotosANPS/mediapoli.png
> 
> Here is a link on Google Maps:
> 
> https://goo.gl/maps/yNXza5tVNs82
> 
> I do not see any easy to find karst information specific to this particular 
> sinkhole and the cave, so there is
> an idea for someone to write an article.
> 
> There was some kind of big fire there on Christmas Eve, but I could not find 
> any info on what
> effect it had on the "parque."
> 
> On a not-so related note,
> 
> It has now been years since I went on a caving trip in Mexico.I can only 
> guess 15 or 16 years.I 
> really miss it.One of the many bizarre ironies of my life, is that I went 
> way out of my way to marry a girl from
> down there, ( in a gamble ? ), that she and I would enjoy traveling together 
> down there.   My daughter will
> soon be 15 and I have never taken her to any of my favorite places, 
> especially those in Mexico.Now that
> she is a teenager, she thinks her old geezer dad is too boring to hang out 
> with.  The idea of a road-trip
> with her is about as likely as going to the Moon.   I never imagined that 
> aspect
> of my life would be so disappointing and stressful. All I can do for the 
> time being, is watch YouTube videos 
> and take deep breaths, although I am trying to force myself to drink a 
> Kombucha Ginger drink instead of a Dr. Pepper.
> 
> I am going to have to find a nice waterfall soon and sit for a long time.
> About the only thing keeping me
> sane at the moment ( if that is even still possible ), is my recent obsession 
> with learning about Linux computering.
> 
> 
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