[Texascavers] NSS Convention - airports

2007-06-16 Thread David Locklear
Has anybody ever flown to Evansville, Indiana before? DFW has direct flights from American Eagle# 3679 and return flight # 3806.Cost $ 324. ( DFW to EVV ) The drive from Evansville to the convention is only about 40 minutes longer than the drive from the nearest airport. The drive

Re: [Texascavers] NSS Convention - airports

2007-06-16 Thread Robert Tait
Summery: It's a fine, but small modern airport. Long winded: I have flown in to EVV about 20 times. It's a smallish airport, and if you cherish 737s and enough overhead storage to keep your briefcase and laptop bag from under your feet, the flights can be a little cramped. Another way to

[Texascavers] NSS Convention - Indiana scenic places

2007-06-16 Thread David Locklear
There does not seem to be a lot of travel books about Indiana, at least not at Half-Price Books. Here is a hiking book: http://books.google.com/images/cleardot.gif There is a nice preview of the book at: http://books.google.com Can you guess where in Indiana are these scenic places:

[Texascavers] Going to Tucson

2007-06-16 Thread White Shepherd Lover
Tone, It was great meeting you and thanks for helping survey my cave. It was a fun weekend - I couldn't move for a week.But it was worth it being underground again. Good luck with your ventures in the Sonoran Desert. It is so beautiful. There's Saguao National Monument on both

[Texascavers] Raumer Stick-Up directions illustration

2007-06-16 Thread Mark Passerby
Published with permission from Raumer. Note I have one of the newest models of the Raumer Stick-Up ordered and will post some step by step pictures of the actual device in use. You will notice that the upper biner on this new model has been replaced with a piece of rope. STICK-UP ARTIFICIAL

[Texascavers] San Marcos to preserve Spring Lake and Sink Creek :

2007-06-16 Thread JerryAtkin
San Marcos raises nearly $5.1 million to buy Spring Lake site 251 acres will be preserved as parkland By _Molly Bloom_ (mailto:mbl...@statesman.com) AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF Friday, June 15, 2007 SAN MARCOS — The City of San Marcos has raised almost all of the $5.1 million it needs to buy

[Texascavers] digital topo maps by state

2007-06-16 Thread David Locklear
I was in Half Price Books yesterday, and they had a clearance on the software for topo maps of various states. The price was around 4 dollars per state. The states wereFlorida, Mississipi, Colorado, Washington, Alabama, and one or 2 others, and they had several copies of some of them. Can

Re: [Texascavers] digital topo maps by state

2007-06-16 Thread bob cowell
My wife works for Half Price in San Antonio. The CD's are from National Geo. If you buy them read the box closely some are for Mac some for Windows. I've found here most of them are for Mac - Original Message - From: David Locklear dlocklea...@gmail.com To: texascavers@texascavers.com