Yes its Spring already and I haven't updated my blog since the middle of winter! I've been happily busy with my role as a Park Host at Lake Texana.
Spring got off to a great start when I attended the Texas Challenge 2009 in Fredericksburg TX. This was the second Challenge that I went to and the seventh in the state. It was a lot more fun than the last one I attended in Inks Lake State Park. This was because I didn’t go in the competitive event, but chose the “Casual Cache Competition” where you just drive around and walk around and find the caches to log for your team. I overdid at Inks Lake, trying to keep up with my, much younger, teammates. Besides the competition there was lots of socializing with the geocachers from all over Texas. It was neat to finally put a face with some of the names that I have been seeing in cache logs. We even had a night out at Luckenbach – made famous by Hondo Crouch and Willie Nelson and the boys!
Spring break brought a lot of people to Lake Texana State Park and among them were my granddaughter Kristi Ingurgio and her family. Here are some pictures of them enjoying the spring weather.
Spring got off to a great start when I attended the Texas Challenge 2009 in Fredericksburg TX. This was the second Challenge that I went to and the seventh in the state. It was a lot more fun than the last one I attended in Inks Lake State Park. This was because I didn’t go in the competitive event, but chose the “Casual Cache Competition” where you just drive around and walk around and find the caches to log for your team. I overdid at Inks Lake, trying to keep up with my, much younger, teammates. Besides the competition there was lots of socializing with the geocachers from all over Texas. It was neat to finally put a face with some of the names that I have been seeing in cache logs. We even had a night out at Luckenbach – made famous by Hondo Crouch and Willie Nelson and the boys!
Spring break brought a lot of people to Lake Texana State Park and among them were my granddaughter Kristi Ingurgio and her family. Here are some pictures of them enjoying the spring weather.
Here's Kristi, Victor, and the kids - up a tree 
Ski
Tony
And "Here's Gianni!"
We went fishing but didn’t catch anything. The kids enjoyed the nature center program and Ski even got up close with a corn snake.
During the week I did a geocaching seminar for the visitors and the local paper, The Jackson County Herald Tribune, published an article about it. Now I’m famous! The reporter sent me some of the pictures that she took when she was here.
Mor Instructions
Looking for the cache
"Let's see what's inside of the Cache.
That looks like the Loch Ness Monster!
Here's an alligator enjoying eating a fish.
Ranger Cindy is happy, showing off one of the junior alligators
Even the alligator is happy
I will be leaving on Monday to go to a Red Cross Disaster Kitchen Training course in Mississippi, where I will maintain the mobile kitchen and demonstrate its care and feeding to the class. Then I will come back to Lake Texana SP
Recently, I have been experiencing more neck pain than usual. I suspect that it is due to poor posture when using the computer in the front seat of the van. I am in process of getting the neck fixed by a chiropractor and I am going to upgrade my office area in the rear of the van to a more permanent facility. Life is full of challenges and the fun is in overcoming them. Praise the Lord!
Ranger Cindy is happy, showing off one of the junior alligatorsEven the alligator is happyI will be leaving on Monday to go to a Red Cross Disaster Kitchen Training course in Mississippi, where I will maintain the mobile kitchen and demonstrate its care and feeding to the class. Then I will come back to Lake Texana SP
Recently, I have been experiencing more neck pain than usual. I suspect that it is due to poor posture when using the computer in the front seat of the van. I am in process of getting the neck fixed by a chiropractor and I am going to upgrade my office area in the rear of the van to a more permanent facility. Life is full of challenges and the fun is in overcoming them. Praise the Lord!
