Entrance from a half mile away--looks promising
House Range lizard
Desert flowers in spring
Crew sitting around talking
Some more of the crew
Sheepherder pit
Carrot formation
Kent in April Fool
Spar formations
Taking pictures along the path
Fossil's in limestone
Cricket in cave
Hobbit Cave
Jeremiah in Hobbit cave
Jeremiah approaching Step Up
Step Up possibilities
Checking the high lead
It's not an option, even at his size
looking into other solution openings
We recovered a bit of 20 year prior history. Rod Horrocks was forced to leave this behind long ago.
Steph prepares for surface support...
Dale and Kent get ready to work
And now Steph is ready for a nap.
Kent and I took a detour on the way back
Blooming cacti
Remember this one? Doesn't look so tempting anymore.
Freeze-thaw cycles can do amazing things
Cave of the Mounds visitor center
Entrance area Cave of the Mounds
Steph and a column
Crawlway leading off into the dark
S-curves in the lower portion of the cave
Deposits coming in from cracks above
Tour group in Cave of the Mounds
Tour group in Cave of the Mounds
Beautiful colored formations
Multicolored stalactites and soda straws
Tour group walking under formations
Broken stalagmite
Passing by the parrot
Parrot formation
Parrot formation, Cave of the Mounds
Steph along walkway
Jason Baxter on walkway
Jason and reflections in the pools
Cave pool reflection
Dividing wall of formations
Fascinating colors
Rimstone pools and colors
Rimstone pools and colors
Rimstone pools and colors
Stream leading off into the dark underworld.
Formations and light set-up
We asked where their geodes came from. "Clear out in Utah or somewhere!" We laughed a little--we were at the Dugway geode beds a week before.