About 13 years ago, I
announced on CaveTex that I was a participant in a soon-to-be pro-creation event.
This was met with much ridicule and praise.
Fast forward to the summer of 2017, and my
daughter, ( who I nick-named, "CavePearl" ) will be 13 in just six weeks.
Time flies apparently, and I never had the chance to take her in a cave, or especially cave exploring.
( Exception: Richland Caverns tour when she was one, but she slept the entire tour
in my chest-pack. )
This
past weekend she and I ( along with my estranged-wife ) went on an end of the summer drive of 36 hours of intense
pit-stops. I had hoped to somehow, mix in a cave visit with all that, but it was
not meant to be.
Ironically,
this route was nearly identical to my drive to meet a caver near Fort
Worth just seven weeks ago for the long road-trip to the NSS Convention.
The second reason for this particular trip, was to recover all my camping gear that I had pulled out of
the Sequoia, when the tow-truck driver in Fort Worth hauled it off. I had had to stash that at a relative's house for the past 6 weeks
And the third reason for the trip, was to leave my daughter with relatives
for a week.
See the link below for some photos ( and music ), but you have to click on the
show, after opening the link:
The Sequoia performed great.
I now have 1,000 miles on the new ( but used ) engine. I will have to make this return trip next week to pick her up.
P.S.
Pictures are of little places in east-central Texas. The family photo is my estranged biological father, his wife and daughter ( my sister ) and her husband and my daughter and myself. Probably a very rare photo of all of us. The two nephews were asleep in the car.
P.S.
Pictures are of little places in east-central Texas. The family photo is my estranged biological father, his wife and daughter ( my sister ) and her husband and my daughter and myself. Probably a very rare photo of all of us. The two nephews were asleep in the car.
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