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Safe Caving Practices

My first trip to a wild/undeveloped cave was Mammoth Cave’s Wild Cave Tour. Our guide taught us the “Rule of Three”: have three light sources, at least three people in your group, and keep three points of contact when climbing or descending.

Wherever you go, people will have slightly different ideas on safe [...]

Garvin Brown Nature Preserve

In a previous post, I wrote about kayaking to Garvin Brown Nature Preserve, but I only had a few minutes to look around. My curiosity brought me back last Saturday, but this time by car and with my mom along for some exercise. We took the Gene Snyder north to Hwy 42, turned [...]

Purple Heart Trail – Jefferson Memorial Forest

Hiked the two-mile Purple Heart Trail at Jefferson Memorial Forest on Saturday. This was a hike I led for the public and a group of five very nice people showed up including a six-year-old girl and her teen-age brother and sister. The teenagers hiked ahead of us most of the trip, but the [...]

Goose Creek Trail at E.P. Tom Sawyer State Park

Wooded section of Goose Creek Trail

E.P. Tom Sawyer State Park has 570 acres of natural areas and recreation opportunities in the heart of the Louisville suburbs. While the 1 mile fitness trail is the most popular walking destination, there is also the 1.25 mile Goose Creek Nature Trail for those looking for a [...]

Tom Sawyer Park Cave

I worked at E.P. Tom Sawyer Park twenty years ago as a summer job. Back then, the old, abandoned wards of Central State Hospital stood beckoning the urban adventurer to explore their halls. I never ventured in, but in walking over to take a peek, I saw the entrance to Tom Sawyer Park [...]