This is more of a personal story, as no cavers showed up to the Caver's Beach Party.
A year ago, the active member's of NaturFest Association, decided that there should be another Texas Caver's Beach Party, and it should be just like the first one, and at the same location, the rental cabins at Quintana Beach County Park.
I agreed, but stated that my part would be just to rent a cabin for members, and that other's would have to do the work. I had to tread a fine line in sending out invitations, as it was really impractical to expect cavers to come all the way to Quintana. I invited most of my personal friends and family, and quite a few cavers.
The week before the event, I had unexpected problems at work, and I was not able to do anything I had
planned to do to make the event more fun. I had to rush off of work late on Friday and drive 2 hours to the park just to make sure we had a key to the cabin, and that there were not any unexpected problems.
Most of the Friday night attendees showed up so late and so tired that there really was not much we could
do.
Sr. Guillermo Guerrero provided the musical entertainment. He and his wife, Irasema, did most of the work. They rented the cabin next to us, and the remaining guest that didn't want to be in the cabins camped in tents.
Saturday, it was frickin hot, but we got in a good morning swim and then retreated to the shade of the cabins. Saturday evening we had a cookout, and socialized. The kids had a great time on the beach. All in all 41 people attended. Most were immigrants from Mexico, but 4 were from Puerto Rico, Cuba,
Venezuela, and Columbia.
My wife and mother-in-law had a wonderful time, and my daughter got to spend a very memorable family trip with all of us for the entire weekend. Here they are on Sunday with the entire beach to themselves.
I am sure my daughter learned some new things about the beach on this trip. Hopefully, in 20 years, she will use that knowledge to take any future grand-kids to the beach. Here she is watching a tanker-ship float by on the old mouth of the Brazos River.
I stayed alone in the cabin Sunday night, and got some quite time on the beach to reflect and ponder the meaning of life. I saw some dolphins jump out of the water. I have no idea if NaturFest will ever put on another party, especially one on the beach. Hopefully in March of 2014, we will be in the mood to do something again.
