So anyway, I had to set out on foot for my adventure. A couple of streets over I had remembered there being a small park looking thing. I figured it would be cool just to check it out and see what it was and why it was there. From looking at it when driving by I knew it was small. I grabbed my camera and began the short walk.
Well, Lo and behold it was the coolest little exploring adventure I've had in a long time! It turned out that this place was indeed a little park. But the only reason it's there is because it's an entrance to a cave.
Yes, A REAL CAVE!! Too cool.
The night before we had a torrential down pour so I was very hesitant. A little ways down I realized my cute boots probably weren't the best shoes to have on for this, as I began to sink into the chalky yellow substance.
I'll go back to the entrance on a drier day just to check it out again. I wish you could go into it and actually explore it. But I think you have to know somebody for that!
When I got back home, I researched and learned some interesting stuff about it.
The Robber Baron Cave is it's name. It had some really cool history.
And I liked learning and finding out about another place where ground water has direct access to The Edwards Aquifer.
Check it out @
http://tcmacaves.org/robberbaron/index.html
a small eyeless cave spider can be found inside. along with eyeless fish!I just thought it was really neat to know that just under us, in Alamo Heights is this cave system. A rather long cave too. Just think what you could be driving over ...Texas is known for having many cave systems!
Now I want to really explore a cave!
Very cool!
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