Directions to the Party
ted samsel
tbsamsel@infi.net
Wed, 17 Oct 2001 16:03:10 -0400
Ed Guinn wrote:
>
> There have been a number of request for info to the annual Texas Cavers
> Reunion (we call it Old Timers) so here it is.
>
> This is a big party where I and a few friends cook food for around 500 of
> our other friends. We have been doing it since my youngest was 5 months old
> and slept on Marilyn's stomach because we didn't want to put her on the tent
> floor lest I step on her while returning from some drunken late night hot
> tub party. Genevieve is 21 now.
>
> It's a campout, Starts Friday, we cook Saturday, and lay around and tell
> lies Saturday night and tell more lies Sunday AM and try to avoid cleaning
> up before we leave. They usually have some bad band off in the distance(far
> enough away so you can avoid it if you hate the music) to entertain the
> young cavers. Last year was a cool surfer band from San Marcos and the
> Lounge Lizards played a few years ago. Mostly forgettable wanna be's that
> will play cheap, but I digress :)
A few years ago they were thinking about having my brother's band,
TOO STRANGE FOR SISTERDALE play, but they were too expensive.
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