VACaver wrote:I
Location was awful...too far from caves. It may be a great place for OTR (where partying is the main activity), but poor for those who actually want to go caving.
Saturday night dinner...awful menu. Sauerkraut?
Weather...COLD at night! But that's what you get when you schedule it in the middle of October.
I have been to many conventions and regional gatherings. Some have been right next to ONE cave. If cavers wanted wanted to go to a different cave or kind of cave - horizontal or vertical, easy or hard, long or short - it involved a drive. This VAR/MAR was pretty good for the number of caves that the people could go to within a reasonable distance.
I skipped the the sauerkraut. There was plenty of other food and it was good
I agree that i was cold. I had to put one sleeping bag within the other on Saturday night/Sunday morning. There was frost on everything Sunday morning. I hung around and let the sun dry off my tent.
Overall, this VAR/MAR was small, quiet and friendly.