How do I read the maps?

Maria (m42203@bellsouth.net)  

Wed 09 Sep 2009 12:12:00 AM EDT

My husband and I have explored the beginning of Pettyjohn Cave a few times(most times with our three children with us) and we have yet 2 make it to the waterfall, I am not comfortable going further than I am sure I rember unless I can understand the map I am reading and the yellow map available up there dosen’t make sense to me and I have no idea where I am when I look at the map. I don’t know how to recognize places on the maps here either, am I missing something? We have gone back to the rock wall, climbed over it and under a little crawl space to the top of a wall, climbed down the wall, over a bridge type rock then to the left and down into a room that you slide down into, it is a large roundish room with one exit going down(a rope avaiilable there), a small tunnel, and another exit up and over some flat rocks. We went down the side near the rope and then went back as far as the tunnel. The four year old was tired by now so we turned around but my husband and I would like to go back ourselves and find the waterfall, is one of the color arrows a path to it? Thanks for your help. The map is hard to follow and unless you know where the crawls are it is hard to get behond the main room. My suggestion is to go on a Saturday and talk to some of the other people that visit the cave. They may even show you the way to the waterfall. The route to the waterfall is at the lower levels and is wet and muddy. I would also suggest not trying the trip during or after a rain storm. Hubert

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