Caving Trip 1998: Meramec State Park, MO


 


    The group poses at the entrance to Meramec State Park in Missouri.
(Picture by JB)


Front to back:  (Steve, Jen, Wayne, Dave, Brent, Jeff, and Tony)
(Picture by Steve Barrick)


    Our tired caving crew back at the campsite.
(Picture by Steve Barrick)


         Dysfunctional campers get ready to sacrifice Jeff Schneider to the local cave god.
(Picture by Steve Barrick)


    A picture of Base Camp OGS.
Nobody liked camping next to us.
Can you really blame them?
(Picture by Steve Barrick)


    Jeff Schneider is either a happy camper or
  he had too many of JB's beans the night before.
(Picture by Steve Barrick)


    Our savvy caving crew upon entering the cave (note cleanliness).
(Picture by Steve Barrick)


     Celebrating a successful cave run.
(Brent, Steve, Dave, Wayne, JB and cave mud)
(Picture by Wayne Patterson)


Mike Fraley is getting ready to enter one of Meramec's wild caves.
(Note to self: Never throw a cup of white gas on a  campfire while
others are sitting around it.  Think safety.)


Jeff is caught in a lotus trance by the cave fairy (Dave).
(Picture by Steve Barrick)


            O.G.S's favorite cuisine on trips:  10 lb Hobos!
Definition of a Hobo:  Take 3 sheets of aluminum foil, 6 lbs of hamburger,
  2 lbs of potatoes, 1 lb of sliced carrots and onions, liquid smoke, and season
to taste.  Wrap all of this up into a ball or log and throw it on the fire!
One small bite and it will make you slap your daddy!
(L-R: Brent, JB, the arms of Jeff, and Steve)
(Picture by Wayne Patterson)


    We stopped off in St. Louis on the way back.
Here we are testing the St. Louis Arch's structural stability.
(Brent, Jeff, J.B. "Club Veteran", and Dave)
(Picture by Steve Barrick)
 

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