It does sound absurd. I would love to see these caves but would not pay this price to the landowner for the privilege. Cavers perform a service for the courtesy extended such as advising the landowner of downed fencing, injured livestock, illegal activities, trash cleanup and whatever they are asked to do (chop cedar). We respect landowners property more than any other group and those who extend the courtesy know it. Paying to hunt is another thing but I agree with Jim and hope none of us pay to visit these caves.
Soap Box Fritz -----Original Message----- From: David [mailto:dlocklea...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2010 12:08 PM To: Cavers Texas Subject: [Texascavers] Langtry caves This e-mail concerns 3 popular caves near the town of Langtry: Langtry Lead Cave, Emerald Sink, and Langtry Quarry Cave. I have secured permission from the landowner to be on the ranch for the weekend of April 1-3, 2011. The caves have always been accessible, as far as I know, but with one small glitch, which still remains. He wants each caver to pay him $ 100 per day they are on the ranch. I presume you could visit all 3 caves in the same day, so that would only be $ 33 per cave. And it would probably include one night of camping. Fortunately, his price has not changed with inflation in the last 20 years, so there is some good news. That price may sound absurd, and it certainly was the 1st time we heard about it back around 1990, but he has a large ranch with lots of surface to explore. I looked on Google Earth and Bing, and the detail was barely good enough to locate the 3 caves. Anyone have better imagery of the area just north of the town of Langtry? To the best of my knowledge, any caver is welcome to contact the landowner, and go out there anytime they want, but it would be more fun I think, if a large trip could be coordinated, as each cave can easily hold 8 cavers. I picked the date of the TSA Convention, however, it is nearly a 2 hour drive to the caves from Bracketville. If enough people want a different date, I can look into that. David Locklear caver in Ft. Bend County --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
