Texas Cavers Reunion is a smidge over a month away, and I am EXCITED! Hopefully El Niño and Oztol will grant us cool weather without a deluge of rainfall, but we all are used to such things and will make the best of it. Events are being organized as I type this, SpeleOlympics will be insidious, Survey will be tricky, Rope Climbing will be exhausting and CaveSim will require care and precision and the hot tub will be, well, hot. The river is running nicely and the park is better than ever with a new playscape and new waterfront walls and a new water feature. Stefan is working on another delicious menu and Bill is arranging kegs of beer to wash it all down (thanks guys!). There is a crew dedicated to a slide show area and another crew that'll make sure the Loo's all have TP. Yet more hard working and dedicated volunteers making sure you can eat breakfast and get coffee Saturday morning and another group hosting a Wine Tasting Friday evening. There will be live music featured by the band Carnys and rumor has it there will be a Bouncy House too. Vendors are gearing up for your caving related purchases including the TSA Store. There will be a Caving T-Shirt Trading Post trading for cash, goods, small children, livestock or booze. There will be gatherings, groupings, assemblages, couplings, meetings, get togethers, encounters, confluences, convergences and possibly nudity and near nakedness. There will be a parade, costumes, prizes, awards and giggling & pointing.
I want everyone to be friendly and gregarious and in a good mood. If you, your children or dogs are mean spirited, loud annoying barkers or prone to pooping on the ground, fighting or stealing - don't come or bring the poopers, fighters, barkers or stealers. Fighting, barking & pooping on the ground or stealing won't be tolerated, we will make fun, take & post pictures and then ostracize. Remember, please, this is a privately owned park whose owner is caver friendly - lets help keep it that way. No glass containers and help make the place better than we found it by cleaning up before we leave, so we can come back in the future. Those of you who rented cabins, please pay Paradise Canyon directly as TCR isn't involved. Take nothing but pictures, leave nothing but footprints kill nothing but time & bring cash, faster horses and more whiskey. --Don _______________________________________________ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com [email protected] | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
