DC Grotto Meetings Next meeting: Thursday, June 5, 2008 The next DC Grotto meeting will be on Thursday June 5, at the Hard Times Cafe in Bethesda, Maryland. The meeting will be informal and will be be in a semi-private side room starting at 7:30 PM. You are not required to buy dinner, but if you want to do so you should probably arrive early (say 6:30-7:00) to order. There won’t be a formal program, but there will be trip reports, announcements of upcoming trips and events, and the usual caving BS. However, this coming meeting happens to coincide with a fund-raiser that Bethesda's Hard Times Cafe is organizing. That night, 20% of the night's proceeds will go to breast cancer research. (That's pretty impressive, I think.) The joint might be a little more harried than usual - but they usually do a great job with crowds and it's a fun place to be anyway. So come on out and eat & drink a little extra! It's for healthy reasons. Directions to the Hard Times Cafe from the Beltway: 1. Take Exit 36, Old Georgetown Road, toward Bethesda. 2. After about 2.2 miles turn left on Delray Avenue (between two traffic lights at Merchant Tire). 3. The Hard Times Cafe is about half a block down Delray Ave on the right side. There may be parking on the street and there is a County parking garage across the street. Don't neglect your parking meter, even in the evening. Lovely Rita is frighteningly efficient. (Hint: the parking on the upper levels of the garage is cheaper than the first two levels). Check the Cafe’s Web site at www.hardtimes.com/locations/Bethesda.asp for a map, menu, prices, and other information. Next formal Grotto meeting: There will be a formal Grotto meeting at the Chevy Chase Community Center on Thursday, July 3. The program has not been determined yet. On-Line Caving Calendar You can always get current information about Grotto meetings or other DC and Baltimore caving activities with the on-line caving calendar. To access the calendar go to www.cavingclub.org/info/calendar. Enter user name calend and password gocave when prompted. The calendar page also contains PDF versions of fliers for many trips and events listed in the calendar. |
| About the DC Grotto | History and general information about the Grotto. |
| DC Grotto Membership | Click the link to see how to join the Grotto. |
| DC Grotto Library | The Grotto library contains cave-related books and exchange publications from other caving orginizations. |
| DC-area Caving Events | Check the on-line caving calendar. Enter calend and gocave when prompted for a userid and password. |
| VAR Limited Access Cave List | Check this list of caves with access restrictions before you go caving. |
| Information for New Cavers | If you are new to caving this link will give you some useful general information about caving. |
| The Grotto's "Cave Bucks" Fund | This is money donated to purchase or lease cave entrances. |