[Texascavers] Caving Article in the San Saba Star 1963

2017-10-10 Thread Kris Pena via Texascavers
The August 26, 1963 issue of the San Saba Star had an excellent article
titled: "Spelunkers will explore caves in area during holiday weekend".

It includes such important warnings as "if you see heads popping out of the
ground, you are not losing your mind" and asked landowners to report any
caves and "a dirty, but courteous caver will appear at your door"

Does anybody happen to have a high quality scan of this issue? It's
referred to in 50 Years of Texas Caving and I found a copy on newspapers.com,
but the quality isn't great. On the off chance that someone has a higher
quality scan, I'd love to get a copy of it before our presentation at
Colorado Bend's Heritage Day this weekend. It would be an awesome addition
to our presentation! Thanks!

Kris Pena
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[Texascavers] Send me your Colorado Bend Photos!

2017-08-19 Thread Kris Pena via Texascavers
Cavers!

This October 14-15 Colorado Bend State Park will be celebrating their 30th
year as a state park. Will and I have been asked to represent the TSA and
give a presentation about the history of the TSA project in the park and
what we do there.

We'd love to include any pictures of you caving in the park (or on the land
that would later make up the park) or any anecdotes you want to share for
our presentation. We'd also love to add those to our project archives.

If you want to help represent our awesome caving community we'd love to
have you join us! We know it's the same weekend as TCR (sorry, we don't set
TPWD's schedule), but it will be a fun time. Also keep in mind Colorado
Bend is only 3 hrs from Paradise Canyon so you could hang out with us all
morning and make it to Paradise Canyon in time for the big feed!

Kris Peña
TSA Project Co-Coordinator
kapkanga...@gmail.com
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[Texascavers] Colorado Bend December Trip Report

2016-01-03 Thread Kris Pena via Texascavers
Project Dates: December 12-13, 2015

Volunteers: Kris Peña, Will Quast, Tyler Forbes, Jorge Carcamo, Jeremiah
Schoenert, Brendon Brown, Heather Tuček, Jeffrey Nichols, Liz Herren, Craig
Sherrell, Elizabeth Copelin, Stacy Vanderworth

Total Hours:  85 hrs work time + 42 hrs drive time =  127 volunteer hours

Summary:

We had 12 people come out for an unseasonably warm December trip and we
hiked in just jeans and t-shirts. The threat of a rainy weekend kept a few
people away, but the rain didn’t fall until Saturday night after everyone
was in their tents. We divided into 3 teams. Will and Kris’s team headed
out into the Upper Gold Mine area to karst walk some previously scoped out
areas. A few known caves were visited, a few holes inspected and a
potential new cave was found. Heather and Jeff returned to their dig on
Meatbag Cave after first helping the park with a cave tour. Tyler took his
team for another successful trip across the river into Lampasas County.
They used kayaks to cross quickly and spent a long day in numerous caves.
All teams returned to camp by evening in time to enjoy dinner and time
around the campfire. A Garmin 60CS was damaged on this trip and we will
need to use project funds to replace it.

Full Report:

Names: Will Quast, Kris Peña, Elizabeth Herren, Stacy Vanderworth, Craig
Sherrell, Elizabeth Copelin

Times: 10 am - 5:30 pm

Purpose: To relocate and survey known caves and karst walk

Data: Will’s GPS

Report: We parked at the Permit Lot across from the Lemons Ridge Trail.
Just a couple hundred meters on to the trail, we found some rusted out
barrels. Then we investigated a sink that was found at the base of the tree
(CS1KF). The team dug a little at the sink while Liz and Kris flew off into
the woods, excited to karst  investigate the area. The girls were so
excited they forgot the GPS so they could not plug in the karst feature
they found. Alas it was not humanly passable anyway. Next we trounced
through the woods until we came upon Sumps Below (SAB 245), a known but
untagged cave. We kinda just poked our head in and headed off to Red Gate
Cave (SAB 234 tagged). Craig was the only one brave enough to free climb
this cave and the rest of us just agreed our free climbing skills needed
work. Next we were off to Grand Cedar (SAB 292 tagged). Here Will and Kris
rigged some webbing for the short drop and went in first to dig a little on
the end room. Craig wandered off and found an unknown cave but sadly did
not save it into the GPS correctly so it is temporarily unknown again.
Stacy, Liz and Elizabeth dug on a sink outside. It seems the sink is right
above this room as they could hear us through the ceiling. The air inside
the end of the cave got bad so Will and Kris emerged. Stacy, Liz and
Elizabeth dropped into the first pit. On the way out Liz and Elizabeth
found three tri colored bats! We then headed off in the direction of Sheep
Den (SAB 242) but Will found a previously unmarked, untagged cave we
nicknamed Fern Gully since it's entrance was covered in ferns. We all
dropped into this cave. Below the first drop was three more tricolored
bats. It opens up into a big room where Craig and Will were able to stand
on a platform overlooking a pit. Will rigged it with rope and dropped the
pit. It was about 40 feet down but the air was super bad. He came right
back up. We left Fern Gully and headed to Flaky Rock (SAB 266 tagged). It
had a sloping path with no good foot holds and went only like 20 feet. We
moved on after Kris climbed out cursing, and Kris does not curse. No fun to
be had there. Yellow Ribbon (SAB 265 tagged) was next. Craig once again was
the only one who free climbed all the way down into this cave. The rest
tried but didn't go far. Last stop was Sheep Den (SAB242 no tag). It was
too late in the day to survey the cave but we all poked around in the cave
for a bit. Seven total caves, seven and a half hours hiking and caving. I'd
say it was a productive adventure.

Future Objectives: Relocate Craig’s missing karst feature, return to Fern
Gully when the air is better and survey

Names: Heather Tuček, Jeffrey Nichols

Time: 12:00pm - 5:00pm

Purpose: Continue to Dig on MeatBag

Report: We went to MeatBag (no ID) once again to continue working on the
promising dig that we have there. We dug quite a bit of loose dirt and
rocks out of the entrance hole, and it looks to be a nicely fractured
solutional feature, but full of dirt. We can see into the feature
3.6metres, from the bottom of the entrance hole, which is 2.3metres deep
from the ground surface. Looks promising! The plan is to visit again when
we can and dig straight down to try to find the main pit of the fracture.

Name: Tyler Forbes, Jorge Carcamo, Jeremiah Schoenert, Brendon Brown

Time: 9 am - 4:30 pm

Purpose: Karst walk across the river

Data: TSA GPS #2

Report: With a lot of excitement about more to discover across the river,
we used this Saturday to explore more of the Lampasas county side of the
park. We needed k

[Texascavers] October CBSP Trip Report

2015-11-10 Thread Kris Pena via Texascavers
Project Dates: October 9-11, 2015

Volunteers: Will Quast, Dale Barnard, Casey Tucker, Elizabeth Copelin, Guin
McDaid, Rowan McDaid, Colin Strickland, Matt Zaldivar, Bryce Smith, Jim
Kennedy, Kyle Banowsky

Total Hours: 79 hrs work time + 63 hrs drive time = 142 volunteer hours

Summary:

We started the season with a weekend of beautiful weather at Colorado Bend
State Park. Three teams headed out in the field. Will, Dale, Casey, and
Elizabeth spent the day ridge walking and cleaning up old data. They even
managed to survey one karst feature. Colin and Guin wanted to get young
Rowan some caving experience so they went to a known karsty area, entered a
few caves, and opened up a new entrance to Two Fissure Cave. The third
team, made up of Matt, Bryce, Jim, and Kyle, headed out to Lost Petzl and
got footage of caving, surveying, and digging for the video Kyle is working
on for TPWD.  Some cavers had a quick dip in the springs then reconvened at
caver camp and enjoyed a relaxing evening of camaraderie and stargazing.

Full Report:

Names: Will Quast, Dale Barnard, Casey Tucker, Elizabeth Copelin

Times: 9:30am - 4:00pm

Purpose: To relocate and survey known caves and karst walk

Data: Two sheets of field paper and Will’s GPS

Report: During karst walk, found a small karst feature that was being
occupied by a opossum. The group confirmed GPS coordinates, entered Barrets
Cave (SAB388), and saw flagging tape; the cave needs a tag.  Confirmed the
GPS coordinates  of Dead Elm Sink (SAB387), which does not look promising.
Confirmed GPS coordinates for Becky’s Dig (KF 12), which is also not
promising.  Found, surveyed, and sketched a previously unmarked karst
feature, now named Evangelist Snake Karst Feature.  This karst feature was
2.7 meters in length, with an azimuth of 253 degrees and an inclination of
-36 degrees.  Confirmed the GPS location of Critter Crevice (SAB389) which
was too tight for anyone in the group to enter.  Confirmed the GPS
coordinates and entered Frog Fissure (SAB238), which requires vertical
entry.  Found Cory’s Cave (SAB385) and updated its coordinates with a
higher degree of accuracy.

Future Actions: Tag Barrets Cave (SAB388).

Names: Guin McDaid, Rowan McDaid, Colin Strickland

Time: 9:30am - 6:30pm

Purpose: Get Rowan some caving experience and have fun digging.

Report: Headed towards karst feature SAB344 located it and crawled into it.
Then headed towards Nostril Cave. GPS unit said we were within one meter of
it but we never located it after much searching. Gave up on Nostril and
headed to Two Fissure Cave. We did a through trip in Two Fissure Cave.
Rowan did his first chimneying ever, and had a good time doing it. There
were lots of cave crickets and a large toad at the bottom. We also found a
2 inch long frog on the wall. On the surface in line with the other to
entrances were a couple of good looking dig leads. We dug open one of them
and now Two Fissure Cave has three entrances. We dug on the other for a
while then gave up and headed back towards the vehicle. On the way back we
ran into a cave marked with rock cairns and went in. The cave had survey
markers inside but there was no GPS point. We got Rowan to do a long belly
crawl into a dead end, which was fairly amusing. We found Poop Pendulum
cave about 50 feet away as we continued back to the vehicle.

Name: Matt Zaldivar, Bryce Smith, Jim Kennedy, Kyle Banowsky

Time: 9:30am - 4:00pm

Purpose: To relocate and survey known caves and get video of cave surveying
for TPWD video

Data: Kyle’s video equipment
Report: Headed towards Lost Petzel cave, shooting video of various nearby
cave entrances and karst features while Jim gave brief descriptions of each
location for the video. We entered Lost Petzel through the Last Gasp
entrance. Kyle took video of Jim, Bryce, and Matt climbing through Last
Gasp entrance into the first room. Observed a bat in the first room.
Continued down into the cave and started looking for a connection between
two known points.  Matt crawled through and found a loop, which after
looking at the data found that it does need survey.  There was a narrow
passage, a few inches high vertical, dirt floor beneath. Jim and Bryce
started to do some digging. Found a rhadine beetle.  Matt was able to climb
around to the other side and realized that it was going to take a long time
to dig out all the dirt.  We saw another bat in this area. Also, saw a
large frog. Continued on deeper into the cave. Staged surveying and mapping
for the video. There was lots of juniper brush and mud down in this area,
washed down from rains and covering the walls, left behind after the water
slowly drained out of the cave. Got shots of stalactites near southeast
terminus of cave. Shot video of lighter trick in bad-air pit. The lighter
was not working very well though--low on butane. After this, we continued
on to a rimstone dam area. Got more shots for the video. Continued out of
the cave, the same way we came in. Saw a very small toad near th

Re: [Texascavers] Colorado Bend Project This Weekend!

2015-02-12 Thread Kris Pena via Texascavers
If you're planning on coming to Colorado Bend this weekend and haven't told
me you want in on any of the group meals, I need to know today to make sure
we have enough food. Don't forget we'll be in the conference center!

Also, we have a group of college students coming out this weekend. Let me
know if you want to take charge of them. It will likely involve leading
them into one of the easy caves after they complete a volunteer project.
On Feb 9, 2015 9:55 PM, "Kris Pena"  wrote:

> The February trip of the Colorado Bend Karst Project is this weekend and
> the weather looks like it's going to be great! *We'll be in the
> CONFERENCE CENTER all weekend, so don't go to caver camp.* The combo to
> the blue temporary lock at the Gorman Falls trailhead is 2287 (spells BATS
> on a telephone keypad). Leave the lock exactly as you found it.  There will
> be bunks or camping available.
>
> Saturday will be our regular project work day. The TSA Winter Business
> meeting will be Sunday Morning. So come for both if you can!
>
> We'll be doing GROUP MEALS for Saturday breakfast, Saturday dinner, and
> Sunday mornings. Email me if you want in on the group meal so we can
> estimate how much food to bring. Also, let me know if you want to be
> responsible for one of the meals.
>
> As always, the project info sheet is available for more information:
> http://cavetexas.org/PDF/CBSP/TSA_CBSP_project_info_sheet2014.pdf
>
> Kris Pena
> kapkanga...@gmail.com
>
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[Texascavers] Colorado Bend Project This Weekend!

2015-02-09 Thread Kris Pena via Texascavers
The February trip of the Colorado Bend Karst Project is this weekend and
the weather looks like it's going to be great! *We'll be in the CONFERENCE
CENTER all weekend, so don't go to caver camp.* The combo to the blue
temporary lock at the Gorman Falls trailhead is 2287 (spells BATS on a
telephone keypad). Leave the lock exactly as you found it.  There will be
bunks or camping available.

Saturday will be our regular project work day. The TSA Winter Business
meeting will be Sunday Morning. So come for both if you can!

We'll be doing GROUP MEALS for Saturday breakfast, Saturday dinner, and
Sunday mornings. Email me if you want in on the group meal so we can
estimate how much food to bring. Also, let me know if you want to be
responsible for one of the meals.

As always, the project info sheet is available for more information:
http://cavetexas.org/PDF/CBSP/TSA_CBSP_project_info_sheet2014.pdf

Kris Pena
kapkanga...@gmail.com
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[Texascavers] January Colorado Bend Project Weekend

2015-01-05 Thread Kris Pena via Texascavers
The January trip of the Colorado Bend Karst Project is this weekend! It's
going to be cold so don't forget your thickest sleeping bag and extra
layers of clothes. On the bright side, expect a warm fire in the evenings
and remember it's the best time of year to get into CBSP caves!

As always, check out the project info sheet for more information.

http://cavetexas.org/PDF/CBSP/TSA_CBSP_project_info_sheet2014.pdf


Kris Pena
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Re: [Texascavers] December Colorado Bend Trip Report

2015-01-05 Thread Kris Pena via Texascavers
The dates for the previous report are actually December 13-14 (not
November)...It was a rather mild DECEMBER in Colorado Bend, so mild I must
have thought it was November. :)

On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 10:22 PM, Kris Pena  wrote:

> Project Dates: November 13-14, 2014
>
> Volunteers: Kris Peña, Will Quast, Tyler Forbes, Jose Elizondo, Jorge
> Carcamo, Luke Denman, Heather Tuček, Elizabeth Herren, Jeff Nichols, Keenan
> McDonald, Devyn Stewart, Stacy Vanderworth
>
> Total Hours: 80 hrs work time +  47 hrs drive time = 127 volunteer hours
>
> Summary:
>
> A total of 12 volunteers showed up to enjoy an unusually mild November
> weekend. Half the weekend’s volunteers were new to the park (and many new
> to caving) so we divided ourselves evenly among three teams. Will and Kris
> took Keenan and Devyn out to the McLarren Fissure area. After stopping off
> at a few classics, they headed over to resurvey Carrot Cave (SAB671).
> While there, they ran into a contingent from the Friends of Colorado Bend
> out to scope some possible trail locations. They completed the short survey
> and located several short fissure cracks throughout the McLarren system.
> Tyler led his team out to the Gorman creek crossing area which has been the
> focus of recent karst walking. They split up and began searching for new
> features. After identifying several new features including a few promising
> digs that are begging for more attention, they wrapped up their day with a
> quick visit to Nila’s First Cave (SAB254). Heather, Jeff, and Liz
> returned with Stacy to Bees in the Trees (no SAB yet) which they had
> discovered on a previous trip and made huge progress opening it up further.
> They intend to return soon to continue pushing onwards and downward.
>
> Full Reports:
>
> Team 1:
>
> People: Will Quast, Kris Peña, Keenan McDonald, Devyn Stewart
>
> Time Out: 5:30
>
> Time In: 10:30
>
> Total Volunteer Hours (hours * people): 28
>
> Objective: Survey Carrot Cave, search for new caves and karst features in
> McLarren Fissures area
>
> Where is the Data: Will’s GPS, Will’s field book
>
> Report: We looked around in Copperhead Cave (SAB046). Went to the
> entrance of El Sotono Lodoso (SAB165) but did not enter because we didn’t
> have vertical gear. We then crawled around in Gorman Sink (SAB136). Found
> several new karst features in McLarren Fissures area. Two cracks: SAB 776
> “Devyn’s Chimney,” 8.2m human pass depth, and SAB 775 “Candy Creek Saga,”
> 7.8m human pass depth. Will taught Keenan and Devyn how to survey and
> Keenan, Devyn and Kris surveyed Carrot Cave and drew up a map. Rigged a
> practice rappel off of a tree on the cliff nearby. Ran into another party
> of Friends of Colorado Bend State Park, before leaving the area. Found
> “Queen Fissure,” 6.6m human pass depth and found that a small crack in the
> bottom of the fissure blows air. Found (and tentatively named) SAB 784,
> “Bloody Finger Fissure,” 5.74m human pass depth, 1m wide. Found “Dagger
> Cave,” (SAB134) went into the bottom and crawled up a chimney in the cave
> to a short hallway that opens up to the outside but is too small to crawl
> out of. Briefly looked in a bad air fern-filled cave just off the road near
> the Gorman falls/Tinaja trail junction.
>
> Future Objectives: Further explore the cave we found and looked in just
> off the road at the end of the day.
>
>
> Team 2:
>
> People: Tyler Forbes , Luke Denman, Jose Elizondo, Jorge Carcamo
>
> Time Out: 5:45
>
> Time In: 10:00
>
> Total Volunteer Hours (hours * people): 24
>
> Objective: Karst Walk around the gorman creek crossing area
>
> Where is the Data: TSA #2 ; Crash’s GPS
>
> Report: When we arrived to the Gorman Creek Crossing, Luke and I split up
> to the north side of the creek while Jose and Jorge split up to the
> opposite. Their Walkie-talkie died as we were visiting Nila’s Very First
> Cave (SAB254). Before we finally found them, we checked out some Karst
> features around the area of Nila’s, we found a decent karst feature in the
> bluff that the same cave is located on. We labeled this as KRSTFEAT17 in
> the gps. After meeting back up, we did some Karst walking on the south side
> of the creek together, And found KRSTFEAT18. Before moving on, we dug on it
> for a while. While it didn't seem promising, Tyler observed a white cave
> centipede crawling out of the dig. We came to the conclusion that we needed
> larger tools to move the main rock we saw, to see if the feature is truly a
> cave. Jorge stumbled upon UNNAMED11, A deep cave that -may- need vertical
> gear . After about an hour and a half of digging, there were 3 massive
> boulders that we just ended up turning over and over trying to get them
> out. We marked it and gave up, Needs large tools to continue work. After
> some more karst walking, we found KRSTFEAT20, which was a hole shooting
> into a crevice in a bluff on the banks of gorman creek. KRSTFEAT21 was a
> small little hole, maybe about 2 meters in. Maybe a dig would be nec

[Texascavers] December Colorado Bend Trip Report

2015-01-05 Thread Kris Pena via Texascavers
Project Dates: November 13-14, 2014

Volunteers: Kris Peña, Will Quast, Tyler Forbes, Jose Elizondo, Jorge
Carcamo, Luke Denman, Heather Tuček, Elizabeth Herren, Jeff Nichols, Keenan
McDonald, Devyn Stewart, Stacy Vanderworth

Total Hours: 80 hrs work time +  47 hrs drive time = 127 volunteer hours

Summary:

A total of 12 volunteers showed up to enjoy an unusually mild November
weekend. Half the weekend’s volunteers were new to the park (and many new
to caving) so we divided ourselves evenly among three teams. Will and Kris
took Keenan and Devyn out to the McLarren Fissure area. After stopping off
at a few classics, they headed over to resurvey Carrot Cave (SAB671). While
there, they ran into a contingent from the Friends of Colorado Bend out to
scope some possible trail locations. They completed the short survey and
located several short fissure cracks throughout the McLarren system.  Tyler
led his team out to the Gorman creek crossing area which has been the focus
of recent karst walking. They split up and began searching for new
features. After identifying several new features including a few promising
digs that are begging for more attention, they wrapped up their day with a
quick visit to Nila’s First Cave (SAB254). Heather, Jeff, and Liz returned
with Stacy to Bees in the Trees (no SAB yet) which they had discovered on a
previous trip and made huge progress opening it up further. They intend to
return soon to continue pushing onwards and downward.

Full Reports:

Team 1:

People: Will Quast, Kris Peña, Keenan McDonald, Devyn Stewart

Time Out: 5:30

Time In: 10:30

Total Volunteer Hours (hours * people): 28

Objective: Survey Carrot Cave, search for new caves and karst features in
McLarren Fissures area

Where is the Data: Will’s GPS, Will’s field book

Report: We looked around in Copperhead Cave (SAB046). Went to the entrance
of El Sotono Lodoso (SAB165) but did not enter because we didn’t have
vertical gear. We then crawled around in Gorman Sink (SAB136). Found
several new karst features in McLarren Fissures area. Two cracks: SAB 776
“Devyn’s Chimney,” 8.2m human pass depth, and SAB 775 “Candy Creek Saga,”
7.8m human pass depth. Will taught Keenan and Devyn how to survey and
Keenan, Devyn and Kris surveyed Carrot Cave and drew up a map. Rigged a
practice rappel off of a tree on the cliff nearby. Ran into another party
of Friends of Colorado Bend State Park, before leaving the area. Found
“Queen Fissure,” 6.6m human pass depth and found that a small crack in the
bottom of the fissure blows air. Found (and tentatively named) SAB 784,
“Bloody Finger Fissure,” 5.74m human pass depth, 1m wide. Found “Dagger
Cave,” (SAB134) went into the bottom and crawled up a chimney in the cave
to a short hallway that opens up to the outside but is too small to crawl
out of. Briefly looked in a bad air fern-filled cave just off the road near
the Gorman falls/Tinaja trail junction.

Future Objectives: Further explore the cave we found and looked in just off
the road at the end of the day.


Team 2:

People: Tyler Forbes , Luke Denman, Jose Elizondo, Jorge Carcamo

Time Out: 5:45

Time In: 10:00

Total Volunteer Hours (hours * people): 24

Objective: Karst Walk around the gorman creek crossing area

Where is the Data: TSA #2 ; Crash’s GPS

Report: When we arrived to the Gorman Creek Crossing, Luke and I split up
to the north side of the creek while Jose and Jorge split up to the
opposite. Their Walkie-talkie died as we were visiting Nila’s Very First
Cave (SAB254). Before we finally found them, we checked out some Karst
features around the area of Nila’s, we found a decent karst feature in the
bluff that the same cave is located on. We labeled this as KRSTFEAT17 in
the gps. After meeting back up, we did some Karst walking on the south side
of the creek together, And found KRSTFEAT18. Before moving on, we dug on it
for a while. While it didn't seem promising, Tyler observed a white cave
centipede crawling out of the dig. We came to the conclusion that we needed
larger tools to move the main rock we saw, to see if the feature is truly a
cave. Jorge stumbled upon UNNAMED11, A deep cave that -may- need vertical
gear . After about an hour and a half of digging, there were 3 massive
boulders that we just ended up turning over and over trying to get them
out. We marked it and gave up, Needs large tools to continue work. After
some more karst walking, we found KRSTFEAT20, which was a hole shooting
into a crevice in a bluff on the banks of gorman creek. KRSTFEAT21 was a
small little hole, maybe about 2 meters in. Maybe a dig would be necessary,
but maybe not. KRSTFEAT22 was two holes in the opposite side of gorman
creek from KRSTFEAT21, you could see evidence of water running down the
cliff from both holes. On our way out we were rushing as the sun was
setting, And we wanted to show Jorge and Jose Nila’s First Cave . But we
found one more small hole in the same bluff as KRSTFEAT22, We named it
KRSTFEAT23. It looked like a small

[Texascavers] Colorado Bend Project This Weekend!

2014-12-11 Thread Kris Pena via Texascavers
This weekend is another project weekend at Colorado Bend State Park!
Kris and I will be arriving to caver camp very late on Friday night.

Weather is looking good for Friday and Saturday, but is going to be a
little cold at night so bring enough to stay warm.  We may have a camp fire
if the park is not in a burn ban.
http://www.wunderground.com/weather-forecast/US/TX/Bend.html

On Saturday I will make breakfast tacos and burgers for dinner if anyone
wants some of that.

Send me an email if you have a special request for a team's objectives and
I will find you something good.

Read this PDF if you havent yet.
http://www.cavetexas.org/PDF/CBSP/TSA_CBSP_project_info_sheet2014.pdf

Kris and Will
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[Texascavers] Colorado Bend Project This Weekend!

2014-10-15 Thread Kris Pena via Texascavers
The Colorado Bend Karst Project kicks off again this weekend. Clear skies
are predicted all day Saturday with a high of 83. This is your chance to
enjoy some beautiful Colorado Bend weather.

This year we have a mailing list for project updates. We will use that list
to send out weekend specific updates. It will also be a great place to
organize rides for the weekend and ask questions. To join, send a blank
email to cbsp-tsa+subscr...@googlegroups.com

As always, check out the project info sheet for more information:
http://cavetexas.org/PDF/CBSP/TSA_CBSP_project_info_sheet2014.pdf
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