This weekend, I took 14 NOVA students caving in West Virginia. We hit three caves in the vicinity of Franklin, WV, on Saturday. On Sunday, we headed out towards Spruce Knob to experience two terrific caves: Stillhouse and the Sinks of Gandy. Here are some photos (and a video) of those last two caves.

Stillhouse Cave:









The sinkhole out of which we crawled...


Whose helmet is that emerging?


It's Hope!


A Cecropia caterpillar (according to What's That Bug?) that Tiffany found:

Sinks of Gandy:

The crew poses at the entrance. Gandy Creek flows through the entire cave!






Exiting into the light and trees and humidity and cows:


Ricky Q, caver man extraordinaire:


Video of the final watery exit from the Sinks:

I had a great time on this trip: felt like we all really bonded and had a fun adventure. Thanks to all the students who went and to the Student Activities counselor who co-led the trip with me, Jessie Zahorian! It was fun!

Labels: caves, field trips, nova, travel