Busy week

Hi Friends,

Sorry for not posting more often. I've been working six days a week. Today is my only day off, so I thought I'd make a quick post.

Last night I finally got John into "The Hall of the White Giant". It's my favorite off trail tour. It's a strenuous trip, with a wide variety of physical challenges. The beginning of the tour you have to go through the corkscrew. Easy for tiny me, but for the bigger men (like John, Sam, and JD) it's an interesting challenge. There's also what we call the 'pinch', 'castration rock' and that's just a few of the other fun things you get to do!!! There's an alley you need to 'chimney' through - my Glacier friends would have a blast in this cave tour. You also have to climb a rope up through flow stone (very slippery rock surface), climb a narrow ladder - only one foot will it on it's rung. All this to get to the "White Giant", which is a beautiful white calcite stalagmite.

My fellow ranger Sam was kind enough to lead the tour, and I was trail ranger for a small groups of rangers, other park employees, family and friends. My hat (or actually my helmet) off to Sam for missing most of Paul's party to spend Friday evening with us. We had a blast - thanks, my friend!

Working tomorrow for another six day stretch. No luck yet with a winter job, so the OT although exhausting, is welcome. Promise to post more soon. JD took some pictures last night, so once I get them, I'll post a few so you can see where we were. Who would have known that I would love caving so much. Just goes to show you, you're never too old to learn new tricks!

Love ya all and miss ya! Come visit. I'll take ya caving too!

Love,
VAL & JOHN