Howdy fellow cavers, This past weekend ASS enjoyed a trip to Govt Canyon State Natural Area to help Marvin out up there.
I could not personally make the trip due to prior engagements (make sure to catch the next Texas Caver for deets) so the trip report that follows was written by a fellow ASS, Scott Grimes. See you all at TCR, enjoy! Zach Broussard Aggie Speleological Society- President zachrbrouss...@gmail.com ASSes Present: Kyle Leonard- Vice President/ Trip Leader Monica Faith Scott Grimes Matthew Perryman Cruz St.Peter Chelsea Small Erick Jackson Rachel Saker We met in the parking lot at 7pm on Friday, and departed at ~9.30 due to unfortunate circumstances which involved the procuration of 2 tickets by our fearless leader Kyle. Our caravan got separated on the way and it took several attempts at re-connecting the 3 cars together before we were successful. I blame the lack of CB use, and motion for ass funds to be allocated towards the purchase of a communal cb- or for bawlz to fix his. 4 hours and one obligatory walmart stop later we arrived at the park. After fiddling with the lock we left to find the correct entrance gate. We drove up to our designated camping zone for karst workers to find only one other tent- we had an entire section of the camp to ourselves. We set up camp and drove the cars back to some pavement (was too dry to allow parking in grass due to risk of fire). We stayed up drinking for a few hours and went to bed between 1-2. At the crack of 9 we woke up, and broke into 3 groups. one group went caving + ridgewalking(?), one group with all new cavers went into a pretty cave which had lots of wildlife (bats, bugs, a snake, etc) and got awesome pictures. The last group went to a cave dig- think whirlpools birth canal whilst digging over your head. The dig group met up with the prettycave group after a jaunt* (read got-hopelessly-lost) in the forest. We then met the third group at a cabin where we unloaded our tools and a few cavers used an outdoor shower station with hot water (unashamed glamping if i ever saw it). We all cooked our dinners early at 4.30, and were joined by the karst manager and his little girl- who was a badass/had treked with us all day and gone caving with one of the groups. We shot the breeze for a while, then broke out the 4loko's and assorted other goods for a full night of intoxicant fueled hedonistic merriment. Drinking games, races, trident throwing (technically a bi-dent cuz it only had two prongs), glowstick twirling, karaoke, cactus avoiding etc etc. After about 8 hours of hard partying it had devolved into an naked, dubstep fueled, strobe light lit danceparty. Unbenownst to us our style of getting down also doubled as a raindance. Having greatly pleased [Tefnut, Freyr, Otzotl, PickYourOwn], the skys poured forth. We went to bed just as the storm had begun, and over the course of the night several tents were flooded and the entire camp turned into a swamp of mud, caving equipment, food, and assorted party favors. We had had the foresight to construct a tarp lean-to the day prior, and so we huddled in it during the morning- burning a stove for warmth and baking nutterbutters/lobster pate for sustenance. We sloshed around in the rain to pack up everything / clean up, and a short 2 hours later departed the park in search of delicious food. We found a greasy hole in the wall place mexican restaurant that served puffy tacos and a delicious unpronounceable milk/rice/cinnamon drink, stuffed ourselves, then returned home (with a brief detour through san marcos for some reason that was never entirely made clear to me). Fie on those who couldnt make it- but be sure to come to thursdays meeting where will discuss plans for this weekends (14th-16th) trip to TCR!!!! the biggest baddest caver party around, a trip you will totes not want to miss. - Scotty "my-shower-is-now-black-with-mud" G
