There is an above ground cave three floors up in Downtown Fort Worth. It was originally "discovered" in the process of converting two old buildings in to the semi-legendary Caravan of Dreams, and appropriately enough it was incorporated into the unique entertainment venue as the "Grotto Bar". I lobbied unsuccessfully to have meetings or at least gatherings of the Maverick Grotto to meet there as this was without the closest karst feature to most of the members, and the bar was already set up! The Grotto Bar is now part of the Reata Restaurant that displaced but did not replace the Caravan. Perhaps this could be the location of an upcoming Metroplex Cavers gathering!!??
Link: http://www.guidelive.com/portal/page?_pageid=33,97320&_dad=portal&_schema=PO RTAL&item_id=35266 Can't seem to find a photo of it though, that might be a reason to visit soon. -----Original Message----- From: egels...@satx.rr.com [mailto:egels...@satx.rr.com] Sent: Friday, June 01, 2007 11:11 AM To: Stefan Creaser Cc: iar...@io.com; texascavers list Subject: Re: RE: [Texascavers] Aboveground Caves That is probably because bathrooms or water closets where not invented when most of that stuff was built over there! They have been added in here and there and you may not find your way out. My office is an above ground cave. No windows anywhere. When you leave for lunch or after wook you may find out that the weather is radically different than when you went in.
