Back to Berea

So today i came back to Berea to start my summer job.  Grandpa, Grandma, and Gramma Rose and I loaded up in the truck and took off.  We got to school around 2.  I checked in while everyone was kind enough to haul my junk up into my room.  Then we all, plus Uncle Matt, Ryan, and Brandon went down to the park to have lunch.

Then we parted, and Brandon and I went back to our room.  We worked unpacking.  Then I hung out doing much of nothing while Brandon talked with his girl friend.  However, when he was done it was time.  Earlier Brandon had said he wanted to go caving.  So a little past 9:30 we took off.  We were ready this time.  We had a change of clothes, lights, water, even a little jerky.

We first went to Walmart and I got some drinks, and Brandon got a headlamp.  Then we took off.  When we parked we walked along the railroad tracks until we reached the back entrance on the other side of the mountain.  We were anxious to get into the cave as we were jittery walking out in the woods alone.

We entered into the cave and it was pretty fun.  Since we came in the back we didn't have mud for the first 1/3 of the cave.  However, when we got past the crawl point we began encountering extreme mud.  At one point we got to the spot where there are two ways down.  You can climb along a steep wall which when dry it's pretty easy.  Or you can go down the foot slide.  When it's dry you normally put a little bit of water down it to make it slick.  Well we decided it would be better to go down the foot slide.  So we did.  And at the bottom was a large knee deep mud hole.  Not only did we hit the bottom standing in it, we slipped in it.

On and on we went.  Climbing up mud, sliding down into mud.  Slipping into mud.  And the cool thing is, we discovered where we went last time in the cave.  We didn't even go into the main passage.  So that explains how we made a circle.  Anyway, we made it out pretty good, and covered in mud and wet.  So we washed up a little at the entrance, and then hiked back to the truck.  We got changed, and then came back to school.