Windy

Hi Friends,

Another windy weekend.  Woke up this morning at 2AM with the wind shaking the RV and the slide covers slapping loudly in the wind.  Enough wind already! YIKES.  It's supposed to be calmer tonight, and I'm hopeful for a good nights sleep.

Tomorrow, wind permitting, we plan to do some hiking down at Guadalupe.  Would like to go skiing, but it's been too warm (and windy).

Work at the CAVE is going to get worse before it gets better.  The secondary elevators will now go off line for maintenance.  They will be available at 9:30 - 10AM and then 12:30 -1:30PM and then after 4:30 until everyone is out of the cave. If you were planning a trip to CAVE forget it unless you are willing and able to hike down into the cave and then back out of the cave.  They claim it will only take six weeks to repair them.  They claimed that the main elevators would only take six months.  We are now in our 17th month of them being off line and still no word when they will be working again. 

Additionally, a lot of our wild cave tours are being cancelled because of the potential threat of injury and not being able to get people safely out of the cave in a timely manner.  It's a really crappy situation, and I'm sure visitors will be disappointed and angry.  The rangers will bear the brunt of their anger and not management of course.

John's been busy with work as well.  Seems like the housing market has hit its bottom.  We are hopeful that things will slowly improve.

That is all for now.  Hope everyone is well.

Love to all,

VAL & JOHN & the kitties! :-)