Cave Collection

As I was walking through the fantastic caves and caverns of Carlsbad Caverns today, I was recollecting the many different caves that I have experienced over my lifetime. Deep underground caves are a foreign country...total darkness, complete absence of sound, and virtually lifeless. Despite these uninviting conditions, I have visited at least a dozen caves worldwide.
In Arizona, the Colossal Cave of Tucson as well as the Kartchner Caverns near Sierra Vista. In September, John and I went down into the Lehman Cave at Great Basin National Park. Mexican caves visited include the Grutas de Garcia near Monterrey,and the Grutas de Cacahuamilpa outside of Cuernavaca. Can't forget the Lava Tubes near Bend, Oregon and the Ape Cave at Mt St. Helens. Have to mention the Lascaux Caves in France, the remote Allora and Ajunta caves in India, and the Glowworm caves of New Zealand.
For someone who doesn't like to think about being underground, that's alota of caves.

The allure of caves is their weird and strange beauty and the creatures hiding in them.