RE: [Texascavers] Texas Caver Deadline - Monday May 5.

2014-04-29 Thread Stefan Creaser
If there are no photos it didn't happen. From: Lyndon Tiu [lyndon@gmail.com] Sent: 29 April 2014 21:04 To: Jill Orr Cc: Texascavers@texascavers.com Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Texas Caver Deadline - Monday May 5. The roof caved? Jill Orr wrote: The de

Re: [Texascavers] Texas Caver Deadline - Monday May 5.

2014-04-29 Thread Lyndon Tiu
The roof caved? Jill Orr wrote: >The deadline is fast approaching for the next issue of Texas Caver. Articles >and photos are still needed. > >I will be completely out of reach for about two weeks - so get your >articles in and pressure and harass each other. > > > >Unfortunately we didn't get

[Texascavers] AMCS at TSA

2014-04-29 Thread Mixon Bill
The Association for Mexican Cave Studies will have a sales table open for limited hours during the spring TSA convention this weekend, probably during lunch and between the talks and supper on Saturday and for an hour or so Sunday morning. I will have the most recent AMCS publications and a

[Texascavers] Texas Caver Deadline - Monday May 5.

2014-04-29 Thread Jill Orr
The deadline is fast approaching for the next issue of Texas Caver. Articles and photos are still needed. I will be completely out of reach for about two weeks - so get your articles in and pressure and harass each other. Unfortunately we didn't get photos of the party at Geary's house Sunday

RE: [Texascavers] sort of semi-cave related

2014-04-29 Thread Geary Schindel
I’ve heard some tall tales about Texas caves but the best one that I heard was about a transmutator cave in Kentucky – and this one is true. The farmer told me his dog chased a raccoon into a cave and got lost. About two weeks later, the dog emerged from another cave more than five miles away a

RE: [Texascavers] sort of semi-cave related

2014-04-29 Thread Butch Fralia
I visited a cave in Oklahoma the owners called Horse Thief Cave. Story was that horse thieves used the cave to run horses to a town 15 miles away. If they did none of the horses was over 3’ tall and we never found the passage leading to town. If memory serves the cave was about 300’. Caves a

Re: [Texascavers] sort of semi-cave related

2014-04-29 Thread Bill Bentley
My memories of interviews with elderly people in nursing homes...consists of great tales of caves with entrances big enough to ride a horse and wagon full of Gold barsit went on for miles and connects to Carlsbad Caverns at some deep level... now if they could just remember where it was loca

[Texascavers] sort of semi-cave related

2014-04-29 Thread David
I was in a nursing home cafeteria today, making a 5 minute visit to an ill cousin. An 83 year old guy at the table who was in poor health would not shut up and just kept rambling about whatever was on his mind. He seemed to have some bizarre need to share his thoughts, and there was not a soul in

Re: [Texascavers] Status of New Mexico Caves?

2014-04-29 Thread Charles Goldsmith
Ah cool. http://www.nps.gov/cave/planyourvisit/brochures.htm and their backcountry link is dead, so can't tell if Goat is open or not. Parks Ranch is open :) On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 9:16 AM, wrote: > Sure, Charles! > > Got this from Karen Perry: > > > Mark, > I know for a fact that Cottonwood

RE: [Texascavers] Status of New Mexico Caves?

2014-04-29 Thread Mark.Alman
Sure, Charles! Got this from Karen Perry: Mark, I know for a fact that Cottonwood and Sitting Bull Falls are closed as well as McKittrick. Sand and Black are open. I am not sure about Goat. The ruling is if the cave has bats or a history of bats, it is closed. No bats, cave is open. Later, Kar

Re: [Texascavers] Status of New Mexico Caves?

2014-04-29 Thread Charles Goldsmith
Mark, mind sharing any info you receive offline? Thanks On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 7:59 AM, wrote: > > > All, > > > > > > The subject came up this past weekend during a caving trip as to the status > of the caves out in CaCa land. > > > > We would like to plan a trip out there this Fall and were w

[Texascavers] Paging Ron Rutherford

2014-04-29 Thread Mark.Alman
Hey, Ron! Could you give me a shout offline? I need to talk to you about purchasing a couple of cave packs or three. Thanks, Mark