This past weekend was a full one at Government Canyon. Kurt Menking led a team to dig on a promising sink and the dig continues. Niki Lake and I, along with the Scalercio family and my daughter, Christin, were followed around on Saturday by a duo of French filmmakers. They were gathering footage for a Texas-themed episode of a French television series entitled "Guardians of Nature". We took them to Government Canyon Bat Cave and then up the canyon to an ongoing dig that we worked on for an hour or two.
On Sunday, Harry Goepel and I attacked several digging leads in Dancing Rattler Cave, took all of them to the point of seeing it was obvious that the passage didn't go, and finally decided that the cave was finished - survey complete - at 225 meters of length. The next karst project trip to the Canyon is scheduled for December 16th. There will not be a January trip. Directions to the gate of GCSNA. Find the intersection of U.S. 16 and Loop 1604 in northwest Bexar County (clearly shown on any state highway map). Drive 2 miles north on U.S. 16 to the third traffic light and turn left onto FM 1560 (there is a Shell station on the corner). Follow 1560 for 3 miles till you see the sign for GCSNA. Follow the arrow to the right and drive 2 more miles to the sharp left turn in the road. The gate to GCSNA is straight ahead. Enter at the gate and then take the first right. There is an unlocked gate that will need to be opened and then closed behind you. Continue to the Volunteer/Research Station, where we will meet. We meet at 9:00 and head out around 9:30. See you there. - Marvin
