David, Its time to start planning for Cookville, Tenn.You got lots of time to
make and save the few dollars that you will need.Check those tires and get that
car mechanically up to speed. Try to stay longer than a day. I wish you the
best.Mark
On Saturday, March 16, 2019, 2:15:09 AM CDT, David <[email protected]>
wrote:
From David LocklearHit delete button real hard ( probably 2 or 3 times )
It looks like my tentative road-trip is a washout. I looked up synonyms
for"dud," and came up with: kaput, unsound, defective, faulty, and bust.
I am not sure what the correct speleo-term is for this, but the symptomsare
identical and equivalent to E.D. But a capsule of sildenafilcitrate will
not fix it.
So I am going to coin the phrase: "speleo-kaput." For when at the
verylast minute, you cancel your trip. This seems appropriate, since I have
readcavers use the term "kaput," on various occasions.
I managed to get my Sequoia loaded up. I had winter-clothing, a cot,a tent (
I think I had the right poles ), but no fly, a good sleeping bagand mattress,
small ice chest, most of my new LED lanterns, and a tiny
bit of imaginary cash ( meaning some bill payments were postponed ),
and plenty of snacks and beverages, nice table and chair, and a
extra-large duffel bag. Just saying, I wasn't totally unprepared, as
I often have been in the past few years.
I had what can only be described as spelunking gear, although it didinclude a
large Swaygo pack, real caving boots, and a decent Walmartheadlamp and 2
back-up headlamps, and extra batteries and Gatoradeand energy bar, gloves,
elbow pads and clothing suitable for a few hoursin a dry cave. Where my caving
helmet is - only Oztotl knows.It is surely boxed up in my rental storage unit -
at least one or two layers beneathall the stuff I crammed in there after
Hurricane Harvey.
In theory, I could have stayed a seven-hour drive from Houston til Monday
evening.
My sixth sense ( which is normally quite accurate ), was subtly indicatingto me
that the stars had not aligned in my favor.
So I sit here now, at 2 a.m., sulking with a non-alcholic Fentimans Ginger Beer
andeating a bowl of ramon-noodle soup, mixed with a can of sardines, andvarious
seeds, wondering what is Plan "B," for the remainder of what isessentially my
2019 Spring Break.
There is a pretty good chance that I can visit my daughter briefly Saturday
nightand I have not really been able to spend any quality time with her since
school started.
And maybe some on Sunday too. She did indicate she is looking forward to
thatvisit, as she just called me two hours ago.
Ironically, I think I may have had a place to stay in Thackerville, Oklahoma on
Saturdayand Sunday night, and even a free dinner or breakfast, had I not
tentatively planned to gocamping. That was sort of a Plan "C," or Plan "D."
For the record, I did try my best to get 2 old Houston cavers off the sofa
today, andeven tried to coerce my now estranged lady-friend to tag along. She
dumped meon Valentine's Day. ( I really didn't think I was supposed to get
her a present ), butI did spend the day with her and take her to dinner.
Isn't that enough ? We sortof made up, at least enough to take her on a
road-trip.
So assuming I don't waste any money this weekend, and assuming work goes well
thenext two weeks, then I should be able to plan a road-trip to Kerrville in
early April, if Ican get off work that weekend. Maybe by then, I will have
my Sequoia, more road-ready.
D.L.
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