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Roberto Puon

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Jan 14, 1997, 3:00:00 AM1/14/97
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Hi all!

I am looking for waterfalls near the Huntsville area to photograph.
Anybody know of any waterfalls in the area? Directions would be
appreciated.

Thanks!

Roberto

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Evans A Criswell

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In article <5bf9kk$l...@tsunami.traveller.com>,

Roberto Puon <pu...@cyclone.traveller.com> wrote:
>Hi all!
>
>I am looking for waterfalls near the Huntsville area to photograph.
>Anybody know of any waterfalls in the area? Directions would be
>appreciated.
>

There is Nocculula Falls at Gadsden, AL. Take US 431 to Gadsden and go
left on state highway 211 up the mountain.

Evans

Tim Nave

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Roberto Puon wrote:
>
> Hi all!
>
> I am looking for waterfalls near the Huntsville area to photograph.
> Anybody know of any waterfalls in the area? Directions would be
> appreciated.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Roberto


In Huntsville

Monte Sano (Huntsville Land Trust), down the "Water-Line Trail. This is
a wet weather fall, that should be very good now

Sewanee, TN (about 1 hour from Huntsville) Many great water falls, best
is Bridal Vail Falls.

Woodville, (on route to Scottsboro) Cave called Steven's Gap, has water
fall through the ceiling.(Not Technical)

South Cumberland Recreation Area in Tracy City, TN - To many to mention,
but some real great ones.

Lots more......


Tim

Marc Salverson

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Jan 14, 1997, 3:00:00 AM1/14/97
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Roberto Puon wrote:
> I am looking for waterfalls near the Huntsville area to photograph.
> Anybody know of any waterfalls in the area?

Contact the Rangers at Monte Sano State Park.

You might also want to contact the Huntsville Land Trust...
532-LAND They're linked from www.montesano.com

and last, but not least, the North Alabama Sierra Club
http://iquest.com/~dickc/sierran.htm
Meetings are the third Thursday at 6:30 pm at the HSV Library

- Marc
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Paul F. Pearson

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Jan 14, 1997, 3:00:00 AM1/14/97
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In article <5bf9kk$l...@tsunami.traveller.com>, pu...@cyclone.traveller.com (Roberto Puon) wrote:
>Hi all!

>
>I am looking for waterfalls near the Huntsville area to photograph.
>Anybody know of any waterfalls in the area? Directions would be
>appreciated.

There's a small one on Monte Sano mountain. I can't remember exactly how to
get there, but I think it's near the picnic area/park area and maybe the
amphitheater.

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Bo Williams

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Jan 14, 1997, 3:00:00 AM1/14/97
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Roberto Puon wrote:

> I am looking for waterfalls near the Huntsville area to photograph.
> Anybody know of any waterfalls in the area? Directions would be
> appreciated.

Dunno how close you mean by "near" the Huntsville area, but there are a
couple of pretty ones on the Natchez Trace Parkway (go to Cherokee, AL
on 72 and look for the sign--it's a left). You can do the Parkway to
Franklin, TN and come back to Huntsville on I-65 in an afternoon.
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Bo Williams

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I wrote:

> Dunno how close you mean by "near" the Huntsville area, but there are a
> couple of pretty ones on the Natchez Trace Parkway (go to Cherokee, AL
> on 72 and look for the sign--it's a left). You can do the Parkway to
> Franklin, TN and come back to Huntsville on I-65 in an afternoon.

Oh, and _don't_ speed on the Parkway. The speed limit is 50 mph, and
you will be stopped and ticketed for 51.

dbailey

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I was looking at a zoomed map of Huntsville
in the Precision Mapping 2.0 program and noticed
the following list of caves. Does anyone know of
these caves? I can't believe there's so many of
them right here. They must be fairly tiny, else
they'd be open to the public. Or something. :)

--Doug
dba...@ro.com

Caves on/around Monte Sano
--------------------------
Brigands Cavern
Teapot Cave
Teakettle Cave
Cold Spring Cave
Sano Cave
Holley's Folley Cave
O'Shaugnessy Cave
Francis Cave
Dutchess Cave
Sadler Spring Cave
Doug hill Sinkhole Cave
Boiling Springs cave
B E Cave
Miller Cave
Small Cave
T E Drake Cave

Marc Salverson

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Jan 15, 1997, 3:00:00 AM1/15/97
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dbailey wrote:
>
> I was looking at a zoomed map of Huntsville
> in the Precision Mapping 2.0 program and noticed
> the following list of caves. Does anyone know of
> these caves? I can't believe there's so many of
> them right here. They must be fairly tiny, else
> they'd be open to the public. Or something. :)

You're welcome to attend the meeting of the Huntsville Grotto
of the National Speleological society. HSV Library, first Wed 7pm
The NSS is also headquartered here, on Cave Ave. 852-1300

If you want to go caving, this is where you start. We'll teach
you about safety & proper equipment... and cave conservation.

There a lots o' caves in the Tennessee Alabama Georgia region and
one of the oldest cave rescue groups, the Huntsville Cave Rescue
Unit is based here. Guess why?

L. Rodney Ford

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On 14 Jan 1997 06:38:12 GMT, pu...@cyclone.traveller.com (Roberto Puon)
wrote:

>Hi all!
>


>I am looking for waterfalls near the Huntsville area to photograph.
>Anybody know of any waterfalls in the area? Directions would be
>appreciated.
>

> Thanks!
>
> Roberto
>
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>Roberto Puon | A nation that limits freedom in the | E-Mail:
>MSEE | name of security will have neither. | pu...@traveller.com
>Huntsville, AL | -- Thomas Jefferson -- |
>---------------+----------------------------------------+---------------------
> Visit my WWW home page at http://www.hsv.tis.net/~puon
>


Desoto Falls has a nice overlook and is not too far. It's east of
Huntsville near Mentone/Fort Payne. It's in Desoto State Park, so it
should not be too hard for you to find it on a map.
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Mike Wixson

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On Tue, 14 Jan 1997 23:14:44 -0600, dbailey <dba...@ro.com> wrote:

Also, I'd like to know if any of these caves under water?

TIA,
Mike

>I was looking at a zoomed map of Huntsville
>in the Precision Mapping 2.0 program and noticed
>the following list of caves. Does anyone know of
>these caves? I can't believe there's so many of
>them right here. They must be fairly tiny, else
>they'd be open to the public. Or something. :)
>

Timothy R. Werth

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Jan 15, 1997, 3:00:00 AM1/15/97
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There is a waterfall on the Sipsy Creek trail in Bankhead National Forest,
which is about an hour away plus some hiking.


Richard Gilliam

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On 14 Jan 1997 06:38:12 GMT, pu...@cyclone.traveller.com (Roberto Puon)
wrote:

>Hi all!
>
>I am looking for waterfalls near the Huntsville area to photograph.
>Anybody know of any waterfalls in the area? Directions would be
>appreciated.


The coolest waterfall I remember seeing in northern Alabama was at the
mouth of a cave located on a private farm. This was about thirty
years ago when I was a student at Huntsville High School. The stream
flowed out from the cave and over the years had worn away a sizable
external opening. I have no idea the specific location, however there
are caving groups in the Huntsville area who likely would know.
Sometimes these locations on private lands are deliberately kept
secret to avoid obvious problems of tresspass.

Best regards,

Richard


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Gary Heston

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Jan 16, 1997, 3:00:00 AM1/16/97
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In article <32dd73ec....@news.ro.com> mwallace!@ro.com (Mike Wallace) writes:
>On Wed, 15 Jan 1997 15:53:07 GMT, smwi...@ingr.com (Mike Wixson)
>wrote:

>>On Tue, 14 Jan 1997 23:14:44 -0600, dbailey <dba...@ro.com> wrote:

>>Also, I'd like to know if any of these caves under water?

>Me too!

I don't really think there's enough water (outside of pools) on Monte
Sano for a person to get under, much less to cover a cave entrance.

However, I understand there's a quarry around Madison which is
being developed as a diving/training facility, and one of the
guys in the next department has been there. He also cave dives,
and does instruction. I'll try to remember to ask him about
it tomorrow. If there's a diveable cave around here, I believe
he'll know about it.

The long list of caves on Monte Sano probably includes a bunch
of the pits on the NE side in the park, and a lot of 15-20 foot
deep shallow crevices.


Gary


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Mike Wallace

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On Wed, 15 Jan 1997 15:53:07 GMT, smwi...@ingr.com (Mike Wixson)
wrote:

>On Tue, 14 Jan 1997 23:14:44 -0600, dbailey <dba...@ro.com> wrote:
>
>Also, I'd like to know if any of these caves under water?
>

>TIA,
>Mike

Me too!

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Huntsville Times

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In response to criticism that I don't chew the fat enough online, I have
decided to comment on every thread currently in hsv.general.
Unfortunately, I will sound like an idiot, because I haven't kept up with
certain threads very well. But, of course, many of you feel the media is
idiotic anyhow. :-)

Larry Moyers wrote:

> I don't know how far you want to travel, but there is a nice one at a
> beautiful Park in Tennessee. The name of it is Fall Creek Falls and it
> is reputed to be the highest east of the Miss.

How far east? Do falls in Japan count?

(Just kidding.)

James Bushey

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says...

>
>Hi all!
>
>I am looking for waterfalls near the Huntsville area to photograph.
>Anybody know of any waterfalls in the area? Directions would be
>appreciated.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Roberto
>snip


There is a waterfall from an abandoned grist mill off of
Winchester highway just south of New Market.


David Young

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Jan 17, 1997, 3:00:00 AM1/17/97
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>
> Roberto Puon wrote:
> >
> > Hi all!
> >
> > I am looking for waterfalls near the Huntsville area to photograph.
> > Anybody know of any waterfalls in the area? Directions would be
> > appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Roberto
>
> In Huntsville
>
> Monte Sano (Huntsville Land Trust), down the "Water-Line Trail. This is
> a wet weather fall, that should be very good now
>
> Sewanee, TN (about 1 hour from Huntsville) Many great water falls, best
> is Bridal Vail Falls.
>
> Woodville, (on route to Scottsboro) Cave called Steven's Gap, has water
> fall through the ceiling.(Not Technical)
>
> South Cumberland Recreation Area in Tracy City, TN - To many to mention,
> but some real great ones.
>
> Lots more......
>
> TimHere's some more information:
1)Stephens Gap is on private property, permission required...
2)In the Huntsville Land Trust there are several waterfalls
besides waterline trail falls (which is the best one). There
are waterfalls uphill from most of the larger creeks that cross
Bluffline Trail, which starts at the Land Trust parking lot on
Bankhead Parkway. Also, Fagan Creek, just upstream from Fagan
Springs (which is also a small fall) there are two or three nice
falls.
3)At from the parking area at the barrier where Bankhead Parkway
and Fearn intersect, follow this stream downhill, there are
several small falls.
4)Cold Springs Natural Area (City of HSV property). Park in the
gravel lot on Fearn, just uphill from the hairpin turn.
5)Out from HSV, Sipsey River has many falls between the
Rec/Picnic area and Wilderness parkway/HWY33, a canoe is
recommended, Falls can be found on both sides of the river.
6)Also in Sipsey, Turkey Foot Canyon. Park in the REC/Picnic
area, in the parking area, cross the small bridge to the picnic
area, and go upstream, under the hwy bridge, and go left up the
smaller creek (into the canyon). There are more waterfalls up
this canyon then anyplace I know. The hike is less then 1/2
mile and you will see 14 plus falls, many smaller, and 2 large
falls. Winter only, LOTS of snakes in warm weather.
7)On the western edge of Sipsey Wilderness, best swimming hole
award, know as Kenlock Falls, but on Hubbert Creek, North of
Rabbit Town, AL, and North of Cranal Road (east end of road to
Sipsey Rec/Picnic area).
8)Bankhead, in general has hundreds of waterfalls, all in
reasonable (or not!) hiking/bushwacking distance. Take a map,
and review all the old issues of the Bankhead Monitor.
9)High Falls, near Bucks Pocket State Park off HWY 227, which
runs north from USHWY431 from Guntersville (and north of
Guntersville State Park). The best I can do is note that this
is a small city park (Geraldine I think or DeKalb CO.) and is on
Town Creek. This fall compares with Cumberland Falls KY, and
includes a place where part of the falls passes through a
natural arch.

That's all I have time for, there are MANY in this area, this
is, after all, the Cumberland Plateau.

DVY
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Chris Davis

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Huntsville Times wrote:
>
> In response to criticism that I don't chew the fat enough online, I have
> decided to comment on every thread currently in hsv.general.
> Unfortunately, I will sound like an idiot, because I haven't kept up with
> certain threads very well. But, of course, many of you feel the media is
> idiotic anyhow. :-)
>

Enough already. You're wasting a tremendous amount of bandwidth with
your replies. You are replying just to reply, so stop. Please.

Here is some friendly advice. Subscribe to news.announce.newusers.
Read all the FAQs, etc. Then, and only then, come back and visit. Just
not too often. :-)

As for your last statement above, your posts are only adding fuel to the
fire...

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Scott Hancock

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Jan 17, 1997, 3:00:00 AM1/17/97
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Mike Wixson wrote:
>
> On Tue, 14 Jan 1997 23:14:44 -0600, dbailey <dba...@ro.com> wrote:
>
> Also, I'd like to know if any of these caves under water?
>
> TIA,
> Mike
>
There are a LOT of caves in Huntsville!
And a lot of them are small....
But SOME are record holders....
for instance there is Shelta Cave. Shelta is so big the town of
Huntsville used to hold Saturday night dances there! They had a wooden
dance floor and bandstand. Shelta has some of the largest underground
lakes in the world! And a huge dome room over four hundred foot across!
Shelta Cave was the first place in the south to have electricity (so the
patrons of dance wouldn't have to put up with smelly kerosene lanterns),
it was also one of the first places in the south where you could ride in
an elevator. Fossils found in Shelta are on display at the Smithsonian,
and are reputed to be the largest and finest specimens of their type
found. There are fourteen varieties of flora and fauna found in Shelta,
that exist no where else! Confederate troops mined Shelta for
saltpeater during the war, and hid in it when the yanks took
Huntsville. This cave was deemed so important that when the opportunity
came, the National Speleological Society (NSS) bought the property the
enterance is on, and established thier national headquarters there above
it!
Look on a map of Huntsville, you will find Cave Street just north of
Oakwood, just north of the old mall. That's where the entrance to
Shelta can be found. Then look around, the whole hill there is one big
hollow.
Yes thera are LOTS of caves here. The tenn valley is some one of the
richest cave areas in the world. In some places there is an average of
14 caves per square mile. Of these, only one will have an entrance to
the surface, and only one in twelve or so of them will have an opening
big enough for a human to enter... but that still leaves a lot of
caves..
The local chapter of the NSS, the Huntsville Grotto, has always welcomed
new members, or people who just want to visit at thier meetings. Call
the NSS at 852-1300 to find out when they meet next.
If your interested in caving, they will cerianly welcome you.
If you do want to explore caves.. do it the right way...with the right
people... and do it safely.
And take nothing but pictures, leave nothing but footprints!
Scott Hancock
(ex Shelta Cave Committee Chairman and NSS member)

Huntsville Times

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Chris Davis wrote:
> Enough already. You're wasting a tremendous amount of bandwidth with
> your replies. You are replying just to reply, so stop.

Thanks so much for realizing this. I am very concerned about bandwidth
problems on the 'Net; so I usually avoid kneejerk responses to postings,
to avoid clogging the network. This is yet another reason my postings are
some times limited.

Again, I apologize to anyone I have offended by posting too little or too
much. Please, won't someone out there just *please* love me for who I am?
(Sob!) ;-)

Here's one topic I will waste some bandwidth on: the Jan. 31 re-release
of George Lucas' "Star Wars: A New Hope." (The film originally titled
"Star Wars" in 1977, but re-named in 1980 re-release. "Star Wars" is now
the name of the entire series, rather just one movie.)

As you can tell, I'm a diehard "Star Wars" geek. I plan to work late the
night before the movie's re-release, so I can go watch the film during
lunch on opening day. Is anyone out there willing to join me? I'll even
buy popcorn for the first person to send me e-mail at
jam...@traveller.com.

I love hanging out with fellow Jedi disciples. "Join me, and we will rule
the theater together." ;-)

"May the Force be with you ... always."

Roberto Puon

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Thank you all for your suggestions. I have much to explore now and
should be pretty occupied checking out all those waterfalls!

Jean Smith

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Jan 19, 1997, 3:00:00 AM1/19/97
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In article <5bpm7r$f...@tsunami.traveller.com>, pu...@cyclone.traveller.com
(Roberto Puon) wrote:

=>Thank you all for your suggestions. I have much to explore now and
=>should be pretty occupied checking out all those waterfalls!
=>
I hoping for a Waterfalls near Huntsville Website with movies and sound of
thundering cascades, and perhaps a visit into the hollow behind the water.

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Paul W. Tygielski

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Jan 19, 1997, 3:00:00 AM1/19/97
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James Bushey wrote:
>
> In article <5bf9kk$l...@tsunami.traveller.com>, pu...@cyclone.traveller.com
> says...
> >
> >Hi all!
> >
> >I am looking for waterfalls near the Huntsville area to photograph.
> >Anybody know of any waterfalls in the area? Directions would be
> >appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Roberto
> >snip
>
> There is a waterfall from an abandoned grist mill off of
> Winchester highway just south of New Market.

This one is on the Flint River just upriver from my house, is
manmade, quite wide and not too high, but still pretty. If you
canoe the Flint from Oscar Patterson to Winchester it is about
100 yds up a feeder branch about an hour downriver. If you
decide to visit the abandoned mill, watch out for snakes.

--
Paul Tygielski

Success, at any point in life, is what you are,
versus, what you could have been.
- Bill Britt

Roberto Puon

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Jean Smith (jsm...@gte.net) wrote:
: In article <5bpm7r$f...@tsunami.traveller.com>, pu...@cyclone.traveller.com
: (Roberto Puon) wrote:

: =>Thank you all for your suggestions. I have much to explore now and
: =>should be pretty occupied checking out all those waterfalls!
: =>
: I hoping for a Waterfalls near Huntsville Website with movies and sound of
: thundering cascades, and perhaps a visit into the hollow behind the water.

Ok.. you got it!

Huntsville Times

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OK, this is my second posting to find people who will attend the opening
show of "Star Wars" at Hollywood 16. Aren't there any George Lucas fans
in Huntsville? I would think so, with all the space-related industry.

I've never seen the original "Star Wars" on the big screen, although I've
seen it on video about 20 times. (The first film of the series that I saw
in theaters was "The Empire Strikes Back," when I was 9 or 10 years old.)
I'm looking forward to sharing the big-screen experience with other movie
fans if I can find a few willing to "play hooky" during lunch (or
willing to work late the night before, as I plan to do).

Til Jan. 31, "May the Force be with you ... always."

Ron Hammon

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Jan 23, 1997, 3:00:00 AM1/23/97
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Cold Springs Cave is east of Decatur. It is just off the Old River Road
about 4 miles east of I-65. However, knowing where it is won't do you
any good.

The best feature was the entrance which was about 70' wide, 40' deep and
20' high. I choose it for my 10th birthday party. Later, as a teen, I
explored it back to the point that scuba would be necessary. We were
there one day when we came upon professional spelunkers mapping it.

Just afterward, it was declared to be the home of an endangered bat and
was permanently fenced off. Since then, even the approach has been
trenched so that you must wade through a bog to even see the entrance.
Pity. I wanted to show it to my son.

I never visited any other large caves in the area. There were more than
enough small caves around to explore (without graffiti).

Ron Hammon

Mike Wallace

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On Thu, 23 Jan 1997 15:29:01 GMT, smwi...@ingr.com (Mike Wixson)
wrote:

>On 23 Jan 1997 01:32:19 GMT, Ron Hammon <" hammon"@msfc.nasa.gov>
>wrote:


>
>>Cold Springs Cave is east of Decatur. It is just off the Old River Road
>>about 4 miles east of I-65. However, knowing where it is won't do you
>>any good.
>>
>>The best feature was the entrance which was about 70' wide, 40' deep and
>>20' high. I choose it for my 10th birthday party. Later, as a teen, I
>>explored it back to the point that scuba would be necessary.
>

>Hey Ron,
> How far back do you have to go before the cave is submerged? Would
>it be possible to carry 75 lbs. of scuba gear back to that point?
>
>Thanks,
>Mike
>
>>Ron Hammon
>
>(Hey Wallace, this sounds pretty good don't it?)

Yeah, up to the point where he said it was closed and fenced off
because of the bats. Then again, jail ain't such a bad place. :-)

Mike Wixson

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On Thu, 23 Jan 1997 17:34:32 GMT, mwallace!@ro.com (Mike Wallace)
wrote:

>>
>>(Hey Wallace, this sounds pretty good don't it?)
>
>Yeah, up to the point where he said it was closed and fenced off
>because of the bats. Then again, jail ain't such a bad place. :-)

Oops, must have blocked that out when I read it the first time...

>========================================
>Mike Wallace [\]
>Huntsville, Alabama
>Just another shitty day in paradise....
>34 deg 42' N 86 deg 35' W
>========================================

Mike

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A REAL friend is someone you'd call to help you move a body."


Mike Wixson

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On 23 Jan 1997 01:32:19 GMT, Ron Hammon <" hammon"@msfc.nasa.gov>
wrote:

>Cold Springs Cave is east of Decatur. It is just off the Old River Road
>about 4 miles east of I-65. However, knowing where it is won't do you
>any good.
>
>The best feature was the entrance which was about 70' wide, 40' deep and
>20' high. I choose it for my 10th birthday party. Later, as a teen, I
>explored it back to the point that scuba would be necessary.

Hey Ron,
How far back do you have to go before the cave is submerged? Would
it be possible to carry 75 lbs. of scuba gear back to that point?

Thanks,
Mike

>Ron Hammon

(Hey Wallace, this sounds pretty good don't it?)

Mike Wixson

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On Fri, 24 Jan 1997 02:29:59 GMT, mwallace!@ro.com (Mike Wallace)
wrote:

>On Thu, 23 Jan 1997 18:29:42 GMT, smwi...@ingr.com (Mike Wixson)
>wrote:
>


>>Oops, must have blocked that out when I read it the first time...
>

>Like I said, jail ain't such a bad place, as long as we had a REALLY
>good divin' prior to the offense.
>
>Might be worth a look....

Yeah, well as long as we don't tell anybody about it... :)

BTW, How long did you do time for shooting that guy?

>==============================
>Mike Wallace
>Huntsville, Alabama
>===========================

What happened to the shitty day in paradise???

Mike

Mike Wallace

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On Fri, 24 Jan 1997 15:04:02 GMT, smwi...@ingr.com (Mike Wixson)
wrote:

>On Fri, 24 Jan 1997 02:29:59 GMT, mwallace!@ro.com (Mike Wallace)
>wrote:
>
>>On Thu, 23 Jan 1997 18:29:42 GMT, smwi...@ingr.com (Mike Wixson)
>>wrote:
>>
>>>Oops, must have blocked that out when I read it the first time...
>>
>>Like I said, jail ain't such a bad place, as long as we had a REALLY
>>good divin' prior to the offense.
>>
>>Might be worth a look....
>
>Yeah, well as long as we don't tell anybody about it... :)

Exactly, must keep it hush hush..... nobody reads this group, right?
:-)


>
>BTW, How long did you do time for shooting that guy?

What guy? I ain't seen nothing, I ain't heard nothing?


>
>>==============================
>>Mike Wallace
>>Huntsville, Alabama
>>===========================
>
>What happened to the shitty day in paradise???
>
>Mike

========================================

Mike Wallace

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On Thu, 23 Jan 1997 18:29:42 GMT, smwi...@ingr.com (Mike Wixson)
wrote:

>On Thu, 23 Jan 1997 17:34:32 GMT, mwallace!@ro.com (Mike Wallace)
>wrote:
>>>


>>>(Hey Wallace, this sounds pretty good don't it?)
>>

>>Yeah, up to the point where he said it was closed and fenced off

>>because of the bats. Then again, jail ain't such a bad place. :-)


>
>Oops, must have blocked that out when I read it the first time...

Like I said, jail ain't such a bad place, as long as we had a REALLY
good divin' prior to the offense.

Might be worth a look....

Ron

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Roberto Puon wrote:
>
> Hi all!
>
> I am looking for waterfalls near the Huntsville area to photograph.
> Anybody know of any waterfalls in the area? Directions would be
> appreciated.
>

Okay, how about a small but convienient one?. I know of a wet weather
fall in the woods 50' from a city street in Hartselle. It is only about
30' high but, after a downpour, it is impressive.

Contact me if you want directions.

Ron Hammon

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