The Caveside Manor Chronicles

I've changed the name of my blog to the Caveside Manor Chronicles. The story begins a LONG time ago when I was in highschool. I met what would later be my husband at my first place of employment, Marengo Cave. I was hired to be a tour guide through a very famous cavern in Southern Indiana. I loved caves and spelunking and all the guides would go spelunking after the tourists left for the day. Fast forward several years to when my husband and I were looking for property to build our home. We found 22 acres with a one-room log cabin, that was used for a hunting cabin. We fell in love with that 22 acres of nothing but hill and forest. But the deciding factor to buy was the cave located on the property. The cave has been mapped at 447 feet and is known by two names "Thundering Hole" or more commonly "Blue River Double Sinks". We bought the property and 2 years later, built our home. Every home has to have a name, right? Since the builders were afraid that they would dig into the cave while building our basement, I came up with the name "Caveside Manor." We have people come every year wanting to go through the cave. To enter the cave though, you have to repel 60 feet to the bottom of the cave. I have been in the cave, but haven't went all the way through it. At the bottom of the 60 feet opening, there is a beautiful drapery formation that is about 20-30 feet tall. It's absolutely amazing. The cave then has a 15 feet long crawl that's only about 1 foot wide. Once you dare to squeeze through that, the cave opens into huge rooms that one can't describe with words. So, that's how the name of this blog was born. We love our wooded hillside and the blessings of the sunrise that come over the hill, thus the picture behind the title!