At 03:30 PM 8/5/97 U, you wrote:
>OK Folks,
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> - Things the map shows in the Columbia Area :
>     * Yankee Hill Winery 209.533.2417 with Tasting, Tours & Retail Sales
>     * Downtown Designated Bike Route
>     * Columbia State Historic Park
>     * Moaning Cavern (4 mi. further on Parrots Ferry Road)
>       (yea, yea, get your mind out of the gutter)
>
Moaning Cavern is absolutely awesome ! ! ! - imagine a mountain hollowed
out (by time & water) with a hole at the very top;  You rappel down & into
a cavern big enough to hold the Statue of Liberty, base & all.  Below you
notice ants milling around in the dim light, & get a shock as you realize
you're looking at the helmets of previous rappellers - very disorienting &
a great rush. (aren't fear and apprehension the best highs of all???).

Austin