David, Hope you made it home safely. Good luck on the goals of your last paragraph. Fritz Holt fritz...@gmail.com
Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 21, 2016, at 7:05 PM, David via Texascavers > <texascavers@texascavers.com> wrote: > > Hit Delete Button Now > > > This post is not about a tentative trip to a bakery with 2 grumpy old men. > > It is about the long drive home from the 2016 NSS Convention. > > I am currently in west Texas about 25 miles west of Fort Stockton. It is > like winter-time here compared to the Hell of the Sonoran Desert. > > My new Sequoia has ran fine since installing a new radiator-cap in Phoenix. > > My body on the other hand misses my very own bed and my own shower. > > Before leaving Ely, I briefly visited all the speleo-vendors. There was a > new LED headlamp by Fenix. A new book or 2. Mixon was making a monumental > effort to try to sell AMCS literature. Terry Raines was selling > water-recycling gear, and his lovely wife, Mercy, was selling her jewelry. > > I quickly glanced at the incredible maps and the photos. There was a > Chinese entry with a single 8 kilometer borehole passage going thru a hill > and out the other side. > > I said my goodbyes with the uncomfortable feeling that I might never see some > of these incredible people ever again. > > I have been driving and napping the whole way, but never once stopped to > frolick. > > It is my opinion that dozens and dozens of dedicated cavers do a great deal > of work to put on an NSS Convention and it is often the same individuals year > after year. > > I think I have attended 12 NSS Howdy Parties. > > I hope to be home before sunrise, but due to work complications I may have to > get a motel and go straight to work. > > On a related note, > > I whizzed past some pretty cool places without even hardly looking out the > window. The area known as Nothing, Arizona was spectacular and worth a day > visit. > > I doubt I will ever do another road-trip like this, but if I do I want a real > cellphone service, navigation system, satellite radio, more cash, better > tires, road-trip accessories on the bumpers and roof rack. And 3 more > cavers. > > David Locklear > NSS # 27639 > > **Not to be confused with an amateurish cartoon character on a road-trip > adventure** > > _______________________________________________ > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com > Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ > http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
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