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| The plan...meet in the parking lot of the motel at 7 a.m.! | Then we go a whole 1/2 mile to HAPPY's! | A good assortment of breakfast items and special Smiley Face Stickers! |
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| We all cram into the back of the place..... | and get powered up for the cave trip. | Everyone chats and gets caught up with news.... |
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| as not everyone came down together. | With 14 people, there were three different caravans to Carlsbad. | Lil broke out her present for the group... alien green hand gloves for the cave. |
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| Some wait for awhile even though they ordered side by side the others...hummmmm | Then we drive to the park and park below the offices on the far hill of the visitors center. | Duane went up to check in with Tom Bemis, our Cave Resources contact... |
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| And to get all paperwork we have to sign to go work in the cave. | Then we can only take 8 people into the cave for a work crew... so we have to find teams. | Tom offered his car to take all of our pipe and equipment to the visitors center. |
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| We brought a lot of stuff...and were also loaned scrubbing equipment from Tom. | Two teams were made...one for the National Geographic Pit and one to do Flowstone Scrubbing... | while the extras could do Trash pickup on and slightly off the visitor's trail in the cave. |
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| Once all of that was decided... | we got a speech about being a good volunteer and to be polite to the visitors. | Then ...we're on our way!! |
