Blowing Cave in Limrock
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Entrance to the Blowing Cave in Limrock. I hadn't been there in years and had to hunt for it. The cave is off of county road 119 also known as Gentle's cove. The paved portion of the road ends at the foot of the mountain. It then becomes a one lane dirt and gravel road. You go 100 yards or so up the gravel road part and there's a parking space off to your right down a fairly steep hill. I'd suggest driving in a truck to get to it. There's a sign about the cave placed there by The Southeastern Cave Conservancy, Inc. which owns the cave now. There's also a small shack where people can change clothes or whatever. To find the cave you have to follow a narrow foot trail which is perpendicular to the road, going across a ditch which is probably filled with water during a big rain. The trail winds around for about a 100 yards until you come to the cave entrance. The cave blows out cool air like a natural air conditioner. I imagine it feels warm in the winter but I've never been there at that time or heard others say. 
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I have been in the cave in mid-March before and it was actually quite cold! The water was higher than usual, requiring us to do some wading in normally low-water areas. The cave was sucking the cold air in all the way out, making it very cold on my wet clothes! It was spitting snow flurries outside when we exited. However, it felt warmer because we lost the cold breeze.
I visited Blowing Cave in the mid 1950s with my Uncle Ben Allen.
Is the large cottonwood tree to the right of the mouth of the cave still there? My family, the Allen's lived very close to the opening of the cave and my Dad, Robert was born there close to that large tree. He was born May 20, 1886. Robert told us the family hung their meat in the cave to keep it cool. He said he never explored the cave all the way through. After a large rain, he said debris and brush came through the mountain from somewhere at the mouth of the cave.
His Dad, James Madison Allen, and his granddad, Benjamin B. Allen are buried in the Isbell Cemetery on the old Berry farm, between the cave and Clyde Gentle's store up near the railroad track. Is the store still there? I've been in it. I have a picture of Clyde Gentle. I had kin all through the area, and on to Atlanta, Ga.
I don't know about the cottonwood tree. The building that the store was in is still there, it used to have a fallout shelter sign on it. I'm sure it was just used to store non perishable goods or something. The actual shelter was a cave up in Shiffman's cove. I don't know what's in it now (the old store).