Brug Dadford turns 80!
For many years now It has been a Mother Lode Grotto tradition to Celebrate Doug Bradfords birthday with a trip to one of our favorite caves. He has made this an opportunity to encourage a better sense of style and attire amongst cavers, by making this a formal affair. He certainly makes a dapper figure caving in his tuxedo!
In the cave
This years trip was a great success and while Doug said he doesn’t intend to continue (it is a pretty strenuous hike, usually leaves me feeling tired for a couple of days after), hopefully others will continue this great tradition.
Once in the cave Dave had fun directing a photo shoot and I got to test out a couple of new video lights I picked up- overall consensus was they were pretty darn bright. You can check out the results- http://captnemo.smugmug.com/Video/CaptNemos-videos/i-Cfn5hqR/A
You may want to go make some popcorn first though its 20 minutes long or just skip ahead to 12:45 that’s my favorite bit.
Matt poses over the lake
There was still a little water in the cave though the water levels were not surprisingly very low.
Conrad,Rich,Forest and Scott.
Millipede in the cave. approx. 6cm
Sun setting as we hike up.
lupine
After our great trip we enjoyed a wonderful dinner at El Jardin, though our party filled the restaurant to capacity. I still had a long motorcycle ride before I got home but it was worth it.
Captain Nemo's Log 