Spelunking is one of my favorite hobbies, and Gold Mining Country has a lot of caverns to explore. My second time at Mercer Caverns and it never gets old. It was raining on this day, and we were all greeted with a tornado warning as soon we got out of the caves. I also got a lucky, cave’s kiss (a water drop fell on me while in the cave). These caves have only been partially explored. They still left the rover that the engineering student had left behind. There’s so much history with each rock formation having a name & a story. These caves were first discovered by gold miner prospect Walter J Mercer on Sept. 1, 1885. He started exploring these caves with just a rope & a candle. Til this day they still shut off the lights, light a candle & then blow out the candles to get a feel of how dark it is deep under the earth. The caverns have a large number of speleothems, stalactites, and stalagmites. They’ve also discovered skeleton remains belonging to the Mi-Wuk tribe there. The canvern temperature is 55 degrees year-round, and you descend about 160 vertical feet below the entrance. Next time I’m in Gold Mining Country using my fam’s timeshare, I’m definitely looking forward to spelunking the other challenging caverns and getting my hands dirty! 🕯⛏🦇⚠️ // #murphys #getaway #timeshare #vacation #resilient #thecomeback #adventure #surviving #outdoors #nature #sierras #goldcountry #historic #sierranevada #calaveras #gold #history #mines #caverns #mercercaverns #geology #spelunking (at Mercer Caverns) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cdmtb06Li8j/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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the barbenheimer experience i had was so funny i saw oppenheimer first and in a quiet scene we could literally hear ken singing in the theater next to us and then during barbie it when was quiet we could hear a fucking explosion coming from the oppenheimer screening
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i think they should be friends
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Staying Alert When It's Too Quiet
On High Alert
Yesterday might have started with a bang, but by the time I went walking, things had become dangerously quiet. I know better than to drop my guard when the Murphys go silent. While other people are hiding Easter eggs for their kids to find, Mr. and Mrs. Murphy are hiding a different kind of Easter egg for me to stumble on if I grow too complacent. These Easter eggs bear an eerie…
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Barbenheimer poster art by @SteveReevesArt
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golden globe winner cillian murphy
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