David Provost

About David

• Grew up around heavy civil mining and tunneling for railroads and highways.
• Went to Colorado State and majored in construction management.
• Worked at major engineering firm Kiewit for some time; "could've stayed with them for life," but didn't feel challenged or engaged.
• A co-worker brought him out to Napa Valley to do some tunneling; he'd never heard of Napa Valley, didn't drink wine.
• Found a contractor struggling to build a cave and helped him out-"it's been going since then."
• He and his wife said, "Let's just do it," started Bacchus Caves without any sort of business plan; lived off credit cards for eight months.
• Says every cave he builds is simultaneously a fun challenge and a work of art.
• Considers his career a "right-place, right-time" kind of thing, so urges roadtrippers not to stress too much about any one decision.