All,
If you have been trying to reach me the last two days, we had a catastrophic email server failure here at work and the whole company has been incommunicado Wed. and Thursday. The above project is still on and there will be a contingent camping at the Longhorn picnic area Friday and Saturday night. My cell # is 214-289-9181, if needed. We also have arranged for a tour either Saturday at 4PM or Sunday AM at 10 AM. Also, If you sent something to me in the last couple of days, please resend and sorry about all of the trouble. Thanks and hope to see y'all tonight and drive carefully! Mark On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 2:36 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > All, > > This work weekend is fast approaching, the camping is free, and the > weather looks great! >> > We still have room for more volunteers, so if you'd like to help, > please let me know. > >> Just a quick follow up: >> > If you plan on camping on Friday evening, please let me know. > >> I'm working on seeing if we can get a tour of the cave Saturday > evening or Sunday AM. > > > > More info on this later. > >> Thanks! > >> Mark Alman > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: Alman, Mark @ IRP > Sent: Friday, September 19, 2008 10:10 AM > > > > > > > > As a follow up, camping will be available at the Longhorn Caverns > Visitor Center. > > > > http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/publications/pwdpubs/media/park_maps/pwd_m > p_p4507_0020a.pdf > > > > Due to the large influx of guests from the Galveston/Houston area at > Inks Lake SP, due to a rascal named "Ike", all the camping spots were > filled for this weekend. > > > > The Superintendent has been gracious enough to let us use the picnic > area straight down on the map from the visitors center, along the > service road, but I ask you to be on your best behavior and please leave dogs at home. > > > > We have a very good relationship with the TPWD and they have even > allowed us to use Longhorn caverns SP in the past for TSA Conventions, > so I don't want to ruin it. > > > > Let's also refrain from campfires, although, there are charcoal grills > available. > > > > We need to use the facilities at the Visitors Center while they're > open and use Inks Lake facilities after closing hours. > > > > Thanks again to all who have responded and give me a shout if you'd > like to help out or have additional questions. > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > Mark Alman > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: Alman, Mark @ IRP > Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2008 1:30 PM > > > > > > > > All, > > > > You may recall about a month and a half ago that I issued a message > seeking help on digging out an entrance to Longhorn Caverns for the > TPWD, in anticipation of using this entrance for thru trips for the ICS next year. > > > > Well, our ducks are now in a row and I'm happy to announce that the > first dig (and I hope the only one) will be two weeks from now on > Saturday, October 4th. > > > > We will be meeting at the visitors' center at Longhorn Caverns State > Park at > 9 AM and caravan from there to the Crownover entrance needing to be dug out. > > > > Please bring any tools and equipment that you might think is > necessary, i.e., shovels, buckets, rope, pick axes, chainsaws, > dynamite (just kidding on that last one!!), as well as your own water, food, and camping gear. > > > > If more work needs to be done, I would like to have y'all reserve the > first weekend of November (Saturday, the 1st) and December (Saturday, > the 6th) for additional work weekends. I believe these weekends will > not interfere with all of the other worthwhile projects going on around the state. > > > > Naturally, I will have waivers for y'all that need to be signed, or I > can email them to you to help expedite the necessary paperwork. > > > > Camping will currently be at the Picnic Area across from the Visitors > Center at Longhorn Caverns. Water will be available. > > > > Directions and more info to Longhorn Caverns is below: > > > > http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Longhorn+Cavern+State+Park,+Bu > rnet > > > > http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/spdest/findadest/parks/longhorn_cavern/ > > > > I appreciate all who have already volunteered to help out and the > offer is still out there to others, if you'd like to help out. > > > > Please let me know if you'll be coming, so I can give the park a rough > head count. > > > > > > Thanks again and look forward to working with you on this project! > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Mark Alman >
