Attention cavers,
There will be a work weekend at the Texas Speleological Center, 14045 North Green Hills Loop, Austin, in Hays County, on December 11 and 12 (Saturday and Sunday), all day and all night. We will burn a huge pile of slash the whole time and doing other chores. I will bring hot dogs and S’mores for lunch and dinner; you should bring children, dogs and pot luck. Camping will be available and the office and barn will be open for sleeping on the floor. The kitchen and bathroom will be open for your use. Tom Brown will be painting the barn (two coats of latex) and he will need an assistant or two to help paint and move the ladders. Some hand painting will be required on the outside back wall of the office also. Carpentry on the barn and office are needed. We will be replacing some fascia where wood rot has damaged the existing boards. We may be replacing some sheathing where it has been destroyed by rain and weather. Hammer, pry bar and nails/screws will be provided along with lumber. Experience, youth, boots and work clothes are needed. Some high work on ladders will be necessary. Vico Jones, assisted by Jon Cradit, will be leading the fascia repair project on the office. This will need priming and painting also. This is in anticipation of installing gutters on the office by a contractor. Drainage around the barn needs improvement. We will be removing colluvial slope wash and tree mulch from three sides of the structure. Shovel, pick, hoe and wheelbarrows will be provided with fill placed in the low spots of the parking lot. Youth, boots and work clothes are needed. Chiggers and poison oak will be provided for free. We need to lope and chop some cedar trees and cut up downed slash for the fire. In preparation for a fencing contractor, we will be clearing an access path along the southwest and southeast property lines. This will entail cutting cedar and hauling it to a central location where we can burn it. We will provide loppers and a chain saw. You will need boots, gloves and work clothes and probably a bandana mask. If you want to come and visit day and/or night, feel free. I will try to have someone available to give an office tour and maybe let you work at filing cave records and organizing the library. If you want to help on a specific task, write me a note so I can schedule you in. I will be posting reminders and additional details in the next few days. Ron ronralph at Austin.rr.com 512 797-3817 cell
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