I was consumed with frustration and anger. With accusations, disrespect, and disdain constantly coming at me from the ex, all I could think about was how unreasonable she was being and how she was making the entire situation much worse than it needed to be.

She refused to listen, was always angry at me, and constantly accusing me of something.

She didn’t seem to know what compromise was much less how important it was to actually try to co-parent our young three-year old daughter.

She thought she was always right and that I was always wrong. I felt the same way about her!

I’d tried to express my concern for our daughter, but as usual the ex refused to listen. At one point she “mandated” that we go to an every other day schedule (which provided zero stability or consistency for a three-year old child. This was confirmed by two child psychologists I reached out to).

When I shared the opinions of the two child psychologists with the ex, she only dug her heels in more!

No matter what I said or did, it only made things worse. I was at my wits’ end and had absolutely no idea what to do to try to change the abhorrent situation.

I’m pretty sure the ex felt the same way.

What the hell could I do to try to make things better??

It hit me like a ton of bricks… The more I reacted with intense anger, the worse things got.

As I reflected on anger, I started to understand that every time I got angry, I lost control of myself, of the interaction, and I rarely got what I wanted.

In other words, when I reacted with anger towards the ex, she would never agree with anything I wanted.

In other words, my anger only seemed to backfire when it came to the ex.

I knew I had to get Clarity for what I really wanted. Then I had to determine the person I needed to be to remain calm and to figure out how to communicate with the ex in ways that would be much more likely to have the outcome I wanted.

My WHY was my three-year old daughter. Alie needed me to be my best, especially to be the best father I could possibly be. This included my setting the best examples for her that I could and trying to figure out how to co-parent with her mother.

I committed to make my daughter the top priority and to strive to remain calm no matter what during any and all interactions with the ex.

Was I perfect? Heck no, but overall I did a great job of staying calm and not reacting.

Over the next few months, the overall situation with the ex started to become calmer, and we started to do a better job of co-parenting together for the sake of our daughter.

What can you do to try to create a positive change in the realm of your own challenging divorce situation?

There is a free tool to help you gain Clarity so you can determine how to shift to begin to create some positive underlying change.

It’s called The Clarity Exercise and you can access it for free at:

http://www.theex-factor.com/clarityexercise

The password is “clarity1”

You will have access to a list of Intentional Ways of Being that will help you to understand WHO and HOW you need to intentionally BE to create what it is you want.

I highly suggest you begin the exercise by asking the best possible question, which needs to be centered around the greatest challenge you are having.

For me, this question was, “What do I really want for my daughter?”

If you need support, reach out to me and I can provide guidance to help you hone-in on the most insightful question for you.

Until next time.

Godspeed

Couch grass (Elymus repens) is very common in gardens as well as in vegetable plots – but it’s not all that difficult to control.

It’s a rather invasive weed that, if not controlled, quickly will take over a large area. Couch grass looks like any other tuft of grass, but under ground it spreads by rhizomes and long white spagetti-like stems, which will produce new shoots, from where new tufts will grow.

The new tufts will form its own stems and rhizomes – and the circle is complete!

On an open plot couch grass doesn’t really pose much of a problem. If, however, its roots spreads and gets itself entangled in the rootballs of fruit bushes and shrubs on your plot – you have a problem!

Cultural control

Digging out couch grass is possible – but it’s a bit of a task if it’s widely spread. While digging, make sure to remove every bit of root you find, to avoid the couch grass re-growing and the problem worsening.

New shoots of grass should be dug out immediately – removing all roots. While digging out the roots – use a fork rather than a spade – to avoid cutting the roots.

Dug out roots should be burned or disposed off – to avoid them re-growing. Never throw them on your compost heap!

Chemical control

Glyphosate based weedkillers like Roundup is extremely effective against even heavy infestations of couch grass, and (if used correctly) should kill off the lot in just one application.

Leave the weedkiller to do its job for about 3 weeks – and promptly treat any new tufts of grass that may appear in this period of time.

The treated area must not be cultivated until the grass has died back completely.

In these days of cellphone communication its is often difficult to remember that radio communication between two parties isn’t private. Any radio amateur knows that, but it seems that back in 1971 some bank robbers hadn’t quite got the idea, so when Robert Rowland, an amateur radio enthusiast form Central London, settled down with his radio set and a nice cup of tea one Saturday night, he heard a much more interesting conversation than he was expecting. We know, because he taped a large part of what he heard, and in 2008 he dug out the tapes so the event could be made into a film. At the time, the crime became known as the ‘Walkie Talkie robbery’, the film is called ‘The Bank Job.’

When Rowland first heard the robbers conversation he thought they were robbing a tobacconists shop and called the local police. They seemed to find Mr Rowlands more amusing that important suggesting that if he heard any more ‘funny voices’ he get them on tape. An annoyed Mr Rowland did exactly that, using a cassette tape machine he had been using to learn Spanish.

Eventually a local Constable came round, but was soon called away. Mr Rowland called the police again, but eventually, exasperated by their lack of response, and with the apparent robbery continuing on the radio, he called Scotland Yard, headquarters of London’s Metropolitan Police.

Two plain clothes officers arrived at Rowland’s 4th floor flat in London’s Wimpole Street and sat up with Rowland all night, listening to the robbers. In the morning, another two officers arrived and listened to Sunday’s developments, but a police check of local banks showed nothing out of the ordinary (from the outside) On Monday morning, when staff arrived at Lloyd’s bank in London’s Bakers Street (not far from the flat of famous fictional detective Sherlock Holmes) they found that most of the safety deposit boxes had been emptied by robbers who had dug a tunnel from a nearby shop and entered the bank vault via the floor.

So far, this sounds like a story of incompetence. Rowlands knew that for his radio set to pick up such a strong signal, the robbery must have been taking place within 1 and a half miles, the robbery had started Saturday night and continued all the way through Sunday – surely enough time for the authorities to find the culprits.

The story made the news headlines and then suddenly stopped. Scotland Yard took the tapes and reporters were warned off when they tried to question Mr Rowland. Then the police actually threatened to prosecute Mr Rowland for listening to an unlicensed radio station.

No-one knows exactly what happened, four robbers were caught and jailed, but the money and other items stolen were never recovered, and since safety deposit boxes were involved, no-one knows exactly what was taken. And therein lies the mystery. Over the following years there were many scandals involving senior members of he police force, and a rumour that one safety deposit box had contained compromising pictures of a member of the British Royal family, while others had contained proof of police corruption at the highest levels, resulting in a load of prosecutions and resignations in the late 1970’s.

With the release of the film several British newspapers sough out Mr Rowland, the amateur radio enthusiast who had taped the conversation. He said the tapes had been returned to him six years after the robbery. The Daily Mail also reported talking to one of the actual robbers, who refused to comment on pictures of any royal person but did say that the robbers had been disgusted to find lots of unpleasant pornographic pictures in the boxes which they had left in place so the police could track down the owners.

And it all goes to show that when you settle down with your radio set, you never know who you’re going to talk to, or what you are going to hear, one reason why amateur radio is still a fascinating and absorbing hobby.

My neighbor’s dog (Angus) is a Miniature Golden Labradoodle, which is not a breed of dog, but rather a crossbreed of a Golden Labrador Retriever and a Poodle. Angus, a very intelligent young dog, is quite the escape artist. Systematically, he probes the weak places in his owner’s small picket fence and he tests the soil under the pickets for “digability.” It is not so much that he wants something outside of the fence, nor is he driven to get outside of the enclosure. Rather, he sees the fence as an impediment to his free will. He would have been a great asset to the allied prisoners of war in “The Great Escape” film, with the exception that he would turn himself in to the camp guards rather than flee to England. To Angus, it is the challenge of the digging and the escape is merely a short-lived victory, a measure of his performance.

Until recently, my neighbor could not understand why Angus will occasionally dig a hole in the center of his backyard. Why in the center and not on the perimeter? My wife and I saw why. Angus tore through the green grass, twenty feet away from the pickets, and he moved Earth like a steam shovel! Dirt flew six feet behind him as he dug. Clearly he wanted to get at something quickly. Sometimes he shoved his head deep into the hole and pulled it out covered with soil, which he shook off. Then, he got something. It was a mole! Angus had heard or sniffed out the unbathed living submarine of the lawn. He had intercepted it while it moved in a tunnel more than three feet down! Now, my neighbor says that he will be a rich man because his dog, Angus, is a genuine Mole Hound!

Homeowners will pay big money to get Earth-turning moles out of their yard. Most pest-control companies will do no more than sell them some kind of guillotine that is supposed to pin or decapitate them as they run through a tunnel, but that doesn’t work. Perhaps all moles are French, because they will not go near a guillotine. Instead, they dig a new tunnel to avoid the trap. Some folks believe that you can partially chew up Juicy Fruit gum and put the squishy gum into the mole tunnels where the moles will chew themselves to death. But, that doesn’t work either. By the way don’t take advice from a dentist about how to rid your yard of moles.

I’m thinking that my neighbor might charge $25 per caught/dispatched mole and that he could charge another $200 to return his customers’ freshly hound dug lawn to its pre-hunting mole hound condition. What do you think? #TAG1writer.

In the old days, when a pipe at your home or building’s sewer system burst, having it repaired often involved digging up the whole yard, tearing up the driveway and thus ruining all of Grandma’s darling rose bushes. But now with the use of the trenchless sewer repair system, you no longer have to go through such home and yard disruptions. The only digging you are going to be concerned of are the two access holes that need to be dug in order for the trenchless sewer repair to be effectively done. Digging up these two access holes will be very minimal so they are not going to cause you any yard or rose bushes issues.

Not all plumbing service companies offer this type of repair so inquire first before hiring anyone. To give you more reasons as to why you should ask for a trenchless sewer repair over a traditional dig-and-replace method, here are the benefits of using the former.

1. The cost is comparable if not less expensive than other methods. Plumbing companies do not usually charge the same fees. So if you really want to get the same service for a much lower cost, then do your homework. Start researching. Call plumbing businesses, inquire about their services and charges then compare prices. The internet is also a very good resource. Some plumbing businesses have websites where you can hire and tap them with just a few mouse clicks.
2. With a trenchless sewer repair, getting the job done is much quicker. A traditional sewer repair could take days to complete. This means disrupted utility services in your home or building for some time. With a trenchless repair, the job could be done in a day or even in just a few hours.
3. No mess and destruction done on your yard. You do not have to worry about a driveway, a patio, a side walk, a fence, a cable line or a gas line being destroyed. The only digging to be done will be on the two access points which should not concern you the least bit.
4. No more replanting uprooted plants, replacing a fence or repaying people to put the dug soil back in. Trenchless sewer repair leaves no mess behind unlike traditional methods.
5. These are just a few of the benefits from a trenchless sewer repair. If you are to compare these benefits to the ones that other traditional methods offer, trenchless repairs will hand down win.

A trenchless sewer repair can be accomplished in two ways. The first way which is called pipe relining will involve placing a fiber glass liner inside the pipes that were damaged. The second way will have to burst apart the old and damaged pipe as a new sewer pipe is pulled through and put on its place.

A trenchless sewer repair will above all save you time and money. It is quick. It often costs less. It does not leave any mess behind. So as much as possible, it is best to a have your sewer problems solved the trenchless way.

Heralded as the most difficult and steep trail in northwest Georgia, this short trail climbs up to Rocky Face which is a mountain west of Dalton Georgia. The area is also the site of the Battle of Rocky Face back in May 8-10, 1864. The name of this trail pays tribute to a Confederate Civil War soldier of the 4th Kentucky Infantry. A historical marker of George Disney’s grave is located on US41 near Mill Creek Gap at Georgia State Patrol headquarters. This is one of the oldest trails in Georgia which has been used for more than 80 years to access the Rocky Face.

The trail is part of the Rocky Face Trail System which is also an access point to the north section of the mountain where the Army of Tennessee held their defense during the Civil War. The battle occurred in Dug Gap and Mill Creek Gap which went on for two days until William T. Sherman overtook Joseph E. Johnston’s battalion.

The lone grave was discovered in 1912 by the Dalton Boy Scouts who trekked the mountain that year. Led by their scoutmaster, they made a project of creating a pathway to the site and restoring the lone grave. The Disney Trail even existed 20 years prior to the Appalachian Trail. The trailhead starts at a short and steep climb that leads to a historic level road that stays close to the mountain’s curve that reaches further to Mill Creek Gap.

Along this gap, the trail then begins another sharp ascend, this time to the top of Rocky Face Ridge where George Disney’s lone grave is situated nearby. Expect the trail to become more challenging and demanding halfway through it as the path becomes steeper while making a series of switchbacks. Continue further to the top of the mountain until you reach the grave of George Disney. This ultimately marks the focal point of the Disney Trail.

On your return, you may access another 6 miles of trail blazes but the trail further has not yet been fully developed at all. For the adventurous ones, you may take these trails that take you to the ridgetop at the Hardee Trail that has its trailhead back at Dug Gap Park. To the right of this trails, you will approach the Palisades trail where you can emerge to the spectacular views of the Ridge and Valley Section of northwest Georgia.

Dogs love to dig holes, and that’s fine, as long as it is at a park and not your own back yard. No one wants an ugly yard that has been dug up entirely. If you have a garden like myself, it can be even more of a hassle. Whatever your situation, you need to get your pitbull to stop digging holes all over, so what can be done? You have come to the right place.

First, you need to recognize why canines dig holes. They do this out of boredom, as a stress reliever, as a way to release energy, or quite simply too cool off on a hot day. It’s quite remarkable, one hot day I left Max out in the backyard while I went shopping. When I came back, I realized that he had dug several holes and was laying in one as came around the back to let him inside. I asked around and my veterinarian friend informed me that dogs like the feel of the cool earth against their skin. I made sure to keep him inside on a hot day.

A more common reason for having digging problems is that the dog is feeling bored. Have you been taking him out for daily walks? Have you or your family been giving him any attention? Have you been playing with him? He may be feeling bored and trying to get your attention. Take some time out of your schedule to give your pitbull some attention. After all, we all want to be given attention from time to time.

Most folks don’t realize this, but pitbull’s have a lot of energy, more so than other dogs. They dig holes because they are just trying to release some energy. As mentioned above, take him out for a walk, take him to a park, buy him a new toy, or teach him a new trick. It will really help you bond as canine enthusiast and man’s best friend.

Pitbulls are very human oriented. They love humans and are very loyal to their masters. Make sure not to neglect your canine. You just may be busy, but the dog does not understand that, so Fido may release his frustration by digging. He doesn’t know better, he is just trying to keep himself occupied. Be sure to release the energy these dogs have in a positive way. Going to a park may be as beneficial for you as it is for him. You can meet many other dog lovers, which means new friends for you and play mates for you pitbull. Find out more how to deal with your pitbull’s digging problem today.

Building an inground swimming pool is the culmination of 10 different phases of swimming pool construction. This article will give you a brief understanding of the construction cycle. And it all begins with, the desire to have a pool in your own backyard.

Design & Engineering

The first place most homeowners look for qualified swimming pool contractors is the local phone book, and by word of mouth from others who have built a pool. After the initial interview process, you will have a good idea what your swimming pool will cost to have built. The contractor or consultant will provide a design and a complete bid for your acceptance. With a contract in hand, the contractor will obtain all necessary engineering from a qualified structural engineer. The contractor will then submit for permits from the local jurisdiction. At this point, it might also be necessary for the contractor to apply for a Home Owners Association(HOA) approval depending on your local community requirements. Once the building permit is obtained, the construction kicks off in high gear.

Layout & Excavation

This is one of the most exciting phases of swimming pool construction, excavation. Excavation is the digging and forming of the swimming pool. The very first thing the excavation crews do is the pregrade. Pregrade is the clearing of the pool site and the grading of the area for the swimming pool. This allows the crew to paint on the ground the final shape of your pool and at the same time the crew will stake the perimeter of the pool and add forms for the structure of the pool. The typical time needed to dig a pool depends on various factors. These factors include: access, soil conditions, and overall size and depth of the pool. Most pools these days are dug in 1 to 2 days.

Rough Plumbing & Electrical

Once the pool is dug, it’s time to move on to the rough plumbing and electrical. This is where all of the trenches will be dug for all the pipes and conduits necessary to operate your pool. Sometimes, the rough plumbing & electrical will be broken down in a couple of parts, otherwise all trenching and installation of the pipes and conduits will be done at the same time. This includes installation of the suction and return lines, water-feature lines, vacuum cleaner lines, fill lines, solar inlet and returns, gas lines for swimming pool heater and future barbecues and firepits, and the electrical service line. In most cases this will take 2-3 days to complete, and may be done either before, during or after steel.

Steel

The steel phase is the addition of rebar formed in the ultimate shape of the pool. A rebar contractor will “tie” the steel using bailing wire in a grid pattern determined by the structural engineer. A good crew will normally take less than a day to tie the steel depending on the size, shape and any raised walls or bond beams.

Gunite or Shotcrete

Up until this time, your backyard will look like one big disaster area, with trenches running here and there and a big hole in your yard with a criss-cross pattern of rebar running through. Gunite or Shotcrete is the application of the concrete to the pool surface, it makes the shell of your pool. The crews will arrive and via a hose will apply the concrete in the end, the pool will have a close to finish look. The benches installed, and the pool walls and floor will have been completed. This will also be one of the first times you will be required to be actively involved in the construction of your pool. For the next 7 to 10 days, you will be required to hose down the swimming pool shell two and three times a day with water to help cure the gunite or shotcrete. You will be truly amazed at how much water the pool structure adsorbs.

Tile & Rock

After the installation of the gunite or shotcrete, the waterline tile and any rock or boulders will be installed on your pool. The tile is necessary to provide an easy surface to keep clean at the waterline. Rock or boulders are added to incorporate a natural “swimming hole” look and feel and for waterfalls and jump rocks. For pools with the contemporary look or classic style, tile is incorporated into the design and is applied not only to the water line, but also to any raise walls or water-features.

Decking

(Concrete, Pavers, Trex, Tile, Stone, etc.) With the tile installed, the next addition to your swimming pool project is the decking. Now where I grew up, decking was always associated with wood, and redwood was king. But when I got involved in the swimming pool industry, deck was the item that surrounded the pool. For the majority of swimming pool owners, the deck of choice is concrete. Concrete is durable and inexpensive when compared to the other options being, grass or landscaping, tile, stone, pavers and natural or synthetic wood products. The installation of decking takes a minimum of a couple of days for forming and finishing, or it can require multiple days and weeks depending on the surface. The deck crew will also be responsible for installing the equipment pad, where all the pumps, filters, heaters and other equipment necessary to operate your pool will be located.

Equipment Set

The excitement builds, you’re almost done and ready to swim. At equipment set, either your pool service company or the plumbing and electrical company will return to install all of the equipment. The lights will be installed, control panels will be hooked-up, all pumps, heater and filter will be mounted to the equipment pad and plumbed. This normally is routinely completed within one to two days. All ready for the filling of your pool with water. But wait, we’re missing the all important pool surface.

Plaster

Plaster provides the waterproofing surface for your pool. Plaster comes in many different forms from plain-old, to pebble and polished surfaces. Typically, this can be done in a day. And for those of you where money is no object, this can be an all tile pool surface complete with Grecian borders. After the swimming pool finish has been applied, now is the time to start filling your pool.

Construction Clean-Up and Start-Up

Once the bulk of the construction is complete, all excess and left over materials will be removed from the pool site. All empty boxes will be hauled to the dumps, and finally, your backyard will be ready to be enjoyed and not looking like a disaster zone. The last item left to do is to start up the pool. The start up process assures all equipment is operating and the swimming pool has all of the necessary chemicals to prevent algae and other problems. Now it’s your turn to start reaping all of the benefits of swimming pool ownership.

This has been a brief article describing the inground swimming pool process for gunite or shotcrete pools. A swimming pool is the culmination of many individual persons, each an experienced veteran of his or her trade. For most homeowners, a licensed contractor can guide them through the process. For others, the option of building their own pool and acting as their own general contractor can save them thousands of dollars but requires a deeper level of understanding.

The majority of the dwarfed potted trees which are called bonsai are developed from ordinary nursery stock or from somewhat dwarfed trees found in a natural habitat. This is where the art of bonsai lies.

Let us consider the second group, the trees brought from natural habitats. From mountains and ragged woods, a tremendous amount of material is dug and brought to the training beds of dwarfed potted trees specialists each year. There it remains for several years to be established, trained and finally “made-up.”

In the ease of naturally occurring, partially dwarfed trees, there is need only for a few wires and a little training. Trees that have lost the greater part of their roots are a more serious problem. Some of them die because of their inadequate root system, particularly if the first summer is hot and dry. To illustrate, I will now describe the collection of Japanese Black Pine.

On the mountain of Shodoshima or Shodo Island which is located in the Seto Inland Sea National Park a countless number of Japanese Black Pine for dwarfed potted trees have been dug by professional collectors. Many renowned and valuable dwarfed Black Pines were produced from the material collected here.

I am writing this at my home which is situated at the foot of the Shodoshima Mountain. On the islet opposite my house a Black Pine was collected many years ago, which became the most precious and dearest of all dwarfed potted Black Pines. There are still some stories or legends circulated concerning it.

Seeing the spot through Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum) and Cypress-Pine (Callitris glauca) in the Acclimatization Gardens as I am writing, I vividly recall the days when collectors came to the island in autumn and spring. The surface rock is granite. Higher up on the mountain the rocks weather into coarse whitish sand and the layer of soil is very thin; at lower levels there is a greater depth of soil and always some moisture. The district is one of the lowest in rainfall in Japan. The summer is very hot and almost bone dry.

On the upper parts of both sides of the ridge, Black Pine dominates; next comes Red Pine (Pinte densiflora) and in far lesser numbers the Needle Juniper, Rhododendron reticulatum, Rhododendron kaemferi, Bush Clover (Lespedeza bicolor) and Balloon-flower (Platycodon grandijlo-rum). The pines are very dwarfed in size but in most cases they are older than the larger ones seen at the lower levels on the mountain. Three feet is generally regarded as the maximum height of dwarfed potted trees. To keep within the golden rule of the art of bonsai, the larger trees are often sharply pruned.

For example, on discovering a very dwarfed pine five or more feet in height with a trunk five or more inches in diameter, if the lower branches are three feet from the ground and picturesque in form (or promise to be so if trained), the upper portion of the main trunk is sawed off. It is important that when healed the cut surface should be inconspicuous. Undesirable branches are cut off. Then the digging begins.

The trench is dug out carefully, cutting off all the roots outside a radius of a foot all the way around the tree, and to a depth of a foot or often less. Only the tap root remains uncut. First the straw rope is coiled cautiously and rather firmly thrice or more horizontally around the ball and then all around the surface of the ball, so the very porous, coarse, sandy soil ball is firmly held about the roots; the tap root is finally sawed through, and the tree is removed.

You may wonder at the proportionately small size of the ball, but usually seventy per cent or more of the trees collected survive and become well settled as dwarfed potted trees; occasionally in very dry, hot summers, fifty per cent or so succumb. For such collected stock the art of bonsai requires training by wire after a year or two, when the plants are well established.

I remember playing on the hill side behind my Grandparents home, and finding holes in the gullies that were dug by my father and his bothers, or possibly one of my older cousins. I even dug a few myself, more like ditches covered with boards and dirt for a hid-out.

There is a strange pleasure in getting dirty, and covered with mud, not having to worry about staying clean. A good friend of mine loved to wear white overalls, which of course did not remain white very long in the cave. There is also something about crawling around that seems enjoyable.

Getting to know a cave can be quite a reward. When you are able to find your way, and even share with others about where, and how you got to a special place.

Ask anyone who caves, why they go into caves, and they will struggle to come up with an answer. They may tell you what they do in caves but not why they do it. After years of just visiting known caves, I started searching for more reasons to enter the dark holes in the ground. Mapping sparked my interest. We would talk about mapping and creating computer programs to plot the caves as we rode back and forth to the caves in Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia. I slowly developed a program to plot and draw the cave passages, first on an Apple computer we had at work and then improved it using Visual Basic on my personal computer at home. I even sold copies at caving events, but now I give it away on my web site.

Caves were sometimes used as social gathering places. Big Dan Cave, also called Deaton’s Cave, in Georgia has a long, and shady past. A prehistoric Turtle Sculpted from stone was discover in the 1950’s when someone first attempted to convert the cave into a recreation area. After a few dances they had a shooting and it was closed. The cave property was sold by the Deaton family.

Ray Landrum purchased the cave in 1950 for $500. Landrum constructed a dance hall in the entrance of the cave in the late 1960’s. Bands played on the concrete platform and square dances were held on the floor below. Landrum constructed a building at the cavern entrance out of emptied beer cans. He also constructed a souvenir shop at the cave and a residence above the entrance. A fire burned the entrance down and Mr. Landrum moved away. The spring was also enclosed by Mr. Landrum, and was sold in 1970 for $50,000.

Deaton’s Cave was no doubt used as a shelter by early Indians in the area; the concrete dance floor must cover many treasures from the past. The location of the cave above the Euharlee, (Indian name for “she laughs as she runs”) river provided water and fish. Deaton’s Cave is now also being referred to as Euharlee Creek Cave. Deaton’s cave was one of my first mapping projects when I was learning how to create cave maps.