Prophetic!

While not the best accomodations by far, with a bit of ingenuity , caves can be made to be quite livable, with “natural” heating and air conditioning.

You are correct but it was the term ‘cave man’ that I was referring to and that water and food was difficult for two decades made it nearly impossible to live as described. As an Israeli anthropologist, there are still Arab/Bedouin families living in caves in the Wet Bank, under difficult conditions but they have to be in contact contact with the outside world for food. Water despite the fact that there is no rain for 9 months is no problem but isolation, sans food from outside is a problem. I totally agree with the nagging wife remark…:-)

Look Joe, it is more common than you think in the area. Most mountains are rich in limestone which makes it relatively easy to carve. While in Turkey in the 1970’s, I went to visit a man who lived in one. He had pulled electricity from a nearby road and cooked with bottled gas but aside from that, his environment was pretty spartan. My wife and I had tea with the man. Very hospitable he was. His bed was carved out of the stone, mattress on top, with a lovely view of his domain down below where he raised chickens and had a vegetable patch going. I was told by other visitors that at one time he was the Mayor of a nearby town. He had sought the peace of the cave to get away from his nagging wife. And this is the truth.

Hey Maurice, I know one that’s available!