Wards cave family trip

[tncaveres]

Well we had a great time at Wards Cave today. Took the whole family too!


It was my youngest daughters first cave trip. Micah is 2yrs old.

We started out with the top entrance & made our way back to the dome. Did not go much farther than that due to the water in a crawling passage being to deep for Micah.
Along the way I was able to point out a few cave critters to the kids.

We then made our way back towards the entrance & took a right into a crawling side passage. We took it till it dead end & made our way back to the big room entrance.
By this time the kids were ready for a water break & some snacks.
We then crossed the big room & went to the next passage which after a few up climbs & down climbs brought us to the second entrance & room. Walking was pretty easy in this portion of the cave.



From there we went to the passage on the left & followed it to 2 big rooms with pretty high ceilings. I made the climb up to the left in the last room & came to a long crack that had a 15 to 20 foot drop into a deep pool of water.
I decided to turn around since the rest of the family would not be able to make there way through that passage.
We then made our way back out to the 2 entrance. After exiting the entrance I went to another cave that was a short distance from the 2 entrance. It is nothing but really tight passage that zig zags for a few hundred feet. Got to the end of it & turned around. Family did not go in the second cave due to the tight passage.
From there we made our way back to the truck & took one last pic.

[tncaveres]

Here is Hunter & me coming out of a low passage.




Hey Bull this pic was just for you
Even my kids now that all responsible cavers wear gloves.



Wonder how that got there?