Yummy Yammy Cave  

Brandon Stephens, Marion Smith, Alan Cressler, Pat Kambesis, Dawn Ryan, John Lovaas

I snapped some pictures from the bottom of the slope as the others climbed down.  Then I hiked back to the road and briefly walked with Brandon and Marion until we got to the first steep hill where Marion bid me good bye.  I had thought Alan might be ahead of us but decided he probably wasn’t. I hiked up and down hills until I came to the dirt road.  I made a dirt and gravel arrow in the main road and headed up the side road.  I soon came to a large cave entrance on the left.  It was about 35 feet high and 9 feet wide.  I put on my helmet and walked down the slope into the cave.  It continued as a tall 8’ wide walking canyon.  Towards the back the walls closed in and it ended in breakdown.  I routed and left a rock cairn for the others.  I kept hiking up the trail.  I spotted a dark spot on the other side of a sink from me but opted not to check it out.  I followed the trail watching for caves until I came to an old, decrepit house and the road ended.  On my way back down the trail I checked out the dark spot which wasn’t anything.  When I got back to Yummy Yammy Cave the others had just finished surveying it.  I showed up just in time to be in one of Alan’s pictures.  We hiked back to the road and were soon back at the cars.  We had another somewhat close call on the 1.5 lane road back to camp.  I went through my pictures weeding out bad ones to open up space for more.  I currently have 700 pictures left.  Brandon headed into town with John, Pat, and Dawn while we came back to camp for canned dinners.  Alan found a Coqui frog on a tree nearby the shelter and we both took pictures.  I was glad we hadn’t had time to go back and finish surveying the two caves from the day before.  They’d be a bitch to survey! 

By Brian Killingbeck © 2005

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Fotos de Yummy Yammy Cave

La Jungla

Brandon descends the steep hill from the entrance of Cueva de Hector.

Gorilla

Who said there aren't monkeys in Puerto Rico?

Spotting

Marion and Brandon both spot Pat as she climbs down.

Yummy Yammy

Looking out from inside the entrance of Yummy Yammy Cave.

Roots

I thought the roots on the bottom of this tree were neat.

Dead End

I followed the trail uphill from Yummy Yammy hoping to find another cave. I eventually found an old decrepid house.

Manta Ray

I climbed down into a sinkhole to check out a dark spot and ended up finding this.

Rainbow

On the way back to Rio Abajo we spotted a rainbow over Los Dos Bocas and stopped to take pictures.

Rainbow

We saw so many rainbows during our AZ and PR trips.

Los Dos Bocas

Looking down towards the lake and Los Dos Bocas dam.

Coqui

Alan found a Coqui from on a tree nearby the shelter in camp.

Coqui

I love this frog!

Coqui

Coqui... Coqui... Coqui...

Coqui

What a bad-ass frog pose :)

Taken by Brian Killingbeck

Taken by Alan Cressler

By Brian Killingbeck © 2005

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