Hi Friends,
It's been a busy Thanksgiving week. I had to work on Thursday, as CAVE only closes for Christmas. Last year, we worked Thanksgiving without any turkey, or lunch provided. So this year, I organized a Thanksgiving luncheon for the staff. We got a turkey donated and I bought a ham. My co-workers all brought a dish and we had a very nice Thanksgiving lunch cook by my wonderful husband! It made the day much more tolerable to be away from family and friends. You were all missed, but at least we had bellies full of great food.
Friday was busy at the CAVE and today was downright awful. Ten (10) busloads of tourist. The first bus was unloading only seconds after the staff van arrived. It was nuts from opening until I left at 4:15. There was a 45 minute line inside the cave to exit.
My days off are Sunday and Monday and I'm happy to be starting my weekend. I'm tired and have had enough of visitors for a few days.
Not sure what John and I are going to do tomorrow. I'm thinking of sleeping in for starters.
Love to all,
VAL & JOHN & the kitties!!!!!
Saturday, November 26, 2011
Sunday, November 6, 2011
Busy Saturday
Hi Friends,
Went caving yesterday in the Guadalupe Room. This is the second biggest room in the cave, but it's off limits to all except NPS personnel and limited to five people per trip. This is the third time I have been in the room, and now I've been signed off to lead the trip. At the moment, there is only one other Interpretive Ranger who can lead trips into the Guadalupe room.
It's quite a beautiful place, but extremely physical to get there. I have the bruises and sore muscles to prove it! :-) We went off trail on Saturday morning about 8:30AM, caved our way to the Guadalupe Room, the Soda Straw Room and into the tiny Canary Room. We had a great group of rangers. We got back out about 12:30PM.
Saturday night we went to Ocotillo Performing Art Center in Artesia, NM (about an hour north of Carlsbad). We went to see "Take Me Home" by Jim Curry, who does a Tribute to the music of John Denver. Wasn't sure what to expect, but was quite impressed. He does look a lot like JD did back in the 80's, and his voice is similar. He doesn't imitate him, but sings the song with passion and truly enjoys his music. The hall was very small, but had good acoustics.
We both enjoyed the concert. The photos that were flashed on the screen behind him (just like JD often did) were beautiful. We noticed a couple of photos of Glacier - one of St. Mary Lake, which was the boat tour I did all summer. Another was of Logan Pass, yet again another place I spent a lot of time this past summer. Lots of great memories.
Long day, but quite enjoyable. Glad we had the extra hour of sleep last night.
Hope you all remembered to turn the clocks back this morning.
Love to all,
VAL & JOHN & The kitties.
Went caving yesterday in the Guadalupe Room. This is the second biggest room in the cave, but it's off limits to all except NPS personnel and limited to five people per trip. This is the third time I have been in the room, and now I've been signed off to lead the trip. At the moment, there is only one other Interpretive Ranger who can lead trips into the Guadalupe room.
It's quite a beautiful place, but extremely physical to get there. I have the bruises and sore muscles to prove it! :-) We went off trail on Saturday morning about 8:30AM, caved our way to the Guadalupe Room, the Soda Straw Room and into the tiny Canary Room. We had a great group of rangers. We got back out about 12:30PM.
Saturday night we went to Ocotillo Performing Art Center in Artesia, NM (about an hour north of Carlsbad). We went to see "Take Me Home" by Jim Curry, who does a Tribute to the music of John Denver. Wasn't sure what to expect, but was quite impressed. He does look a lot like JD did back in the 80's, and his voice is similar. He doesn't imitate him, but sings the song with passion and truly enjoys his music. The hall was very small, but had good acoustics.
We both enjoyed the concert. The photos that were flashed on the screen behind him (just like JD often did) were beautiful. We noticed a couple of photos of Glacier - one of St. Mary Lake, which was the boat tour I did all summer. Another was of Logan Pass, yet again another place I spent a lot of time this past summer. Lots of great memories.
Long day, but quite enjoyable. Glad we had the extra hour of sleep last night.
Hope you all remembered to turn the clocks back this morning.
Love to all,
VAL & JOHN & The kitties.
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