THE CROSSOVER TRIP!
Story and Photo’s by Scott Thomspson Noooo, not THAT Crossover Trip. Sadly we were nowhere near Ellison’s, rather at a cave much closer to home but that is still one of my favorites. It’s got two entrances and a pair […]
End of Summer TAG Trip
Story and Photos by Scott Thompson The End of Summer! Ha! Except it’s still 1000° out! So to be specific it’s the end of summer vacation for the kid. Back to school, back to learning and proper bedtime, back to […]
In Search for the Crumbling Rock
This started out as a Boy Scout trip to Bat Cave. After a month and a half of changing dates and not getting permissions, we changed the location to a cave that could accommodate the small troop of 5. Permission […]
Support for the big Georgia Drop
With the group size already set to descend the pit and my usual climbing partner (Striker) not on the trip, I wasn’t planning to drop it myself. The number was about the maximum you’d want for time purposes and having […]
It’s time to Climax
Okay, it’s not quite what you think. This is a caving site, so this is about a cave named after a proper Georgia town named Climax. After the cave had been closed for a few years, the landowner gave us […]
CAVE SCIENCE
It’s science fair season! The kid and a couple of his goon friends decided to team up and skip the baking soda volcano and build a cloud chamber. Of course, a 12 year old saying “I’m going to build a […]
A Sidestory from the Main Trip
After months of planning, many hours of rope practice, two, 700 foot ropes being purchased the seasoned crew headed to Georgia on the evening of December 6th to drop the largest pit in the area (586 Feet). This is NOT […]
IT’S OPEN AGAIN
Photos by Scott Thompson (I think) Story by Philip Walker River City Grotto President Scott Thompson rounded up the gang to head south once again on October 18, 2025 to the Withlacoochee Forest for a visit a couple more of […]
PART 2 IS NUMBER 1 of “HEADED DOWN SOUTH”
The day after the March 22, 2025 trip (which is the following blog), the gang headed North to Ocala for another cave visit. Upon arrival we were very happy to find water levels had dropped enough for us to enter. […]
HEADED DOWN SOUTH (Part 1 of 2)
Scott Thompson rallied the troops of RCG for a trip down south to visit his favorite Childhood Cave on Saturday March 22, 2025. After our arrival it was ceremoniously unlocked by the head forest ranger. However, Ms. Warner would not […]