Ginnie Springs Adventure,
January 18 - 20

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Well, let’s see . . . It was a dark and stormy night . . . actually both nights . . . Rain, gale-force winds, lightning, a tornado watch, possible snow flurries – it was great!!! We all showed up Friday evening around dusk and got set up, had dinner, and got a fire going. Stew seemed to be a common theme this weekend and was understandable considering the weather. Everyone had different recipes, and each was unique. After everyone ambled off to sleep, the rain started up and kept coming down till dawn.

Saturday, the rain stayed away until the afternoon so the kids ran off to catch and release a couple dozen bream and we got some bike riding in. Barbara worked with Savannah and Lauren on their Advanced OW certs while a couple of us pulled together gear and headed for Ginnie Spring. Bob and his family friend Troy went in and explored the cavern and out into the river afterwards - anyone up for crawfish? When they got back to the boil, Barbara had shown up with the girls. We took Savannah back to show her around the cavern and the famous Ginnie grate, while Barbara worked with Lauren out in the boil. About the time Barbara made her way back into the cavern, Bob and Troy needed to exit and that’s when the rain started – big time. Remember that tornado watch I mentioned!! Lightning crashing down around the park made our minds up pretty quickly, and we beat a hasty retreat for hot showers and shelter. That night with driving winds and rain, we packed it in and went to Sonny’s for dinner – really roughing it!! When we stopped on the way back for gas and lottery tickets, the talk at the local Shell was of possible snow flurries that night if the rain kept up. It didn’t, darn it, but it was cold.

Sunday we got a fire started early and thanked Barbara for having some extra fire wood to keep it going while we all broke camp and headed back to civilization.

Can’t wait to go back. Ya’ll don’t know what you missed. Make sure to come to the next one, maybe we can arrange a tsunami!!

Further Information from Ginnie Springs Outdoors Website

Photos of Ginnie Springs from webshots website