Unloading at the Old Bayliss Inn
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George looks ready to go.
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Mrs Dixon showing Mr Hertsch the entrance to the limestone mine and cave. Where's the cave? Oh, THERE! Thanks.
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Mr Hertsch briefing his expedition.
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Mr Waisanen's expedition.
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On the path to the entrance.
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Mr Hertsch has found the entrance.
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Final briefing before Mr Hertsch takes his group into the cave.
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Bird's nest just in side the entrance. No Collin, this is NOT a bat's nest.
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Derrick indicating a resting bat.
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Pair of bats.
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Mr Moffatt indicating a cluster of bats. His look of disgust is for the flash, not the bats.
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Bryan and Derrick negotiating a narrow and steep descent.
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Having checked the map, we've made our decision and on we go.
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Bryan negotiating a crawl.
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At the poolside, Derrick indicating a small rock holding up a shelf.
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Time for a munch break. Notice the tarp to catch crumbs.
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The group decides to return. The way forward is a bit too small.
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The steep descent, now a steep ASCENT.
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The venture group, who'd been waiting outside, decide to return for more exploration. Bye guys. We'll give you an hour.
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David looks like he's found something.
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Paul checks David's progress.
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Hard to believe it, but those are the bottoms of David's shoes.
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And Paul seems incredulous.
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There's a helmet. Someone coming out?
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David, who's coming out now?
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Leo climbing down past David's portal.
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Paul's perch.
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Venture group returns.
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Is Mr Giltz checking out another entrance or is he practicing bouldering?
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Looks like the Scouts have found Paul's passage and Mr Giltz has found a place to sit.
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Time to leave the cave.
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Our host, Mr James Dixon, caver and owner of the Old Bayliss Inn.
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Philip, next to a demonstration of a one-pot meal/invention by Eagle Scout Cody, T1501's grubmaster of year's past.
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Speaking of Cody, here he is explaining how to cook food using a Nalgeen water bottle.
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Collin cooking up dinner.
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Scouts sill asleep from a hard day's effort and warming food. It's tough to get up when the fire is nice and toasty.
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Breakfast around the chuck box. Everyone is making their own dish of oatmeal, flavored to their personal preferenc.
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Our Scoutmaster, Mr Waisanen.
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Chris, looking a bit tired.
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Bryan, too.
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But Raul seems to be enjoying breakfast...or is this hot chocolate?
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In the Inn, the Scouts are chowing down. What's this? Someone seems to have forgotten this outing was to be a NO DISPOSABLES outing!!!
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Our service project, make a fire ring and collect firewood.
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Philip, George, and Raul making a pile of kindling.
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Kyle and Bryan bringing a VERY heavy rock up to the ring.
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James proceeds to make a downed tree into firewood.
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Doing a pretty good job, almost done.
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Time to load, almost time to go.
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Troop 1501, first visitors to (new) Old Bayliss Inn, 5-Dec-2004.
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