In August 2016, I had an ambitious plan to spend three weeks in the Rockies. For the first part of the trip, Tracy and I drove from Alabama to the Beartooth Mountains outside of Cooke City, MT. This was where we planned to spend the first week…
On July 9, 2016, we took a trip with the Huntsville Grotto to Perkins Cave in Alabama. This cave is on private property and requires a bit of a hike down the mountain to get to it. There wasn’t much to the cave until we got to…
On June 25, 2016, Layne, Tracy, and I went to check out Stephens Gap Cave. This is another very popular SCCi cave, and the entrances are really pretty. The cave itself is pretty short, but there is one horizontal entrance right next to a vertical entrance, which…
For our international trip in 2016, Scotland looked like a great option. So, in May we loaded up and headed to the Scottish Highlands. The plan was basically to drive around almost all of Scotland, explore the countryside, and day hike whenever we found a nice trail. …
On May 14, 2016, we headed up to Stratton Bald, The original plan was to backpack, but the forecast for the night was not good, so we decided to car camp and then day hike up to the bald on Sunday. We explored around on Saturday, and…
On May 7, 2016, Tracy and I went with the Huntsville Grotto to Blue Spring Cave in Tennessee. At about 38 miles, Blue Spring is the ninth longest cave in the United States, and the longest in Tennessee. It’s on private property and it’s securely gated, so…
On April 10, 2016, the Huntsville Grotto took a trip to Guffey Cave in Marshall County, AL. This is a gated cave on private property with a bit of a walk down the ridge to reach the entrance. But the cave is pretty incredible. Almost immediately after…
On March 26, 2016, Layne and I decided to make it to the back of Tumbling Rock. The back is marked by a formation called Terry’s Terrible Tiger Teeth, so that was our destination. The route is supposed to be confusing, so we didn’t have much faith…
I have made multiple trips to Tumbling Rock Cave in Jackson County, Alabama. Here are a few pictures from some of those trips. [mapsmarker marker=”44″]
Video of highlights from our trips in 2015
