Trip Report:                          Wed November 17, 2004

Cave:                                    Miller Cave

Time in cave:                         1.5 hours

3 cars, 12 people.
 

 Trevor Kupstas, Gary Dunmire, Melissa, Steve, Katie McGuire,  Chris , Kara, Trevor , Jessee, Dan, Sarah Bienkowski, Steph

    
       We arrived and found that the entrance to Miller II was blocked with debris that washed down the hill.  It would have taken too much time to move so we proceeded to Miller I.  We used the right side passage on the way in and after a couple feet I found out that I should have remembered to bring my knee pads.  I was the only one who opted for the right side stream crawl as everyone else went with the dryer path.  I must say that I was a little bit tired when we started the trip, but after that I was wide awake.  The trip continued to the right (towards the mud room).  In the next room Trevor, Steve, Katie(I think) and myself went down the small slide and crossed the stream.  There were white/clear objects hanging from the ceiling that we noticed, but I haven’t a clue as to what they were.  The crevasse slowed the pace since everyone was cautious with foot placement. The end of the line was the mud room, and not a soul came out clean.  The trip ended up with a dip in the “Hot tub”.  My body was a little too cold to stand in that water for a long time. I give credit to those who managed to bathe in there and still make it out without freezing.

Highlight: Flurries while walking back to the vehicles.