Can you believe there are only 6 days left before we kick things off for the 2024 Weeklong Mammoth Cave Restoration camp?! It’s shaping up to be another incredible camp with lots of work and fun planned. We are kicking things off with a Resto Camp Thanksgiving Howdy Party on Sunday evening around 5 PM, please join us if you can. I’ll be frying up some turkey and serving it with all the fixings!

We will once again be working with the James Cavers on Monday and Tuesday. If you are comfortable with Vertical work don’t forget to bring your gear as there may be opportunities to get on rope. Wednesday – Friday, we will be returning to our favorite of all places, El Ghor! OK, fine, but hear me out, there are lots of objectives to keep us having fun. Transformers, transformer parts, concrete demo, if that wasn’t enough to draw you in, we will also have more work on George’s Pass! Our always fun wetsuit river run will make a return as well. If you have gear for cave water work, please bring it as there will be opportunities to get in the river.

Wednesday night is pizza night in the park, followed by our special Wednesday night camp photo and educational trip. Thursday night we are very thankful to have been invited to the Mammoth Cave Employee Awards dinner in the park. We will enjoy a potluck dinner and have an opportunity to meet and spend time with all the amazing employees of the park. There is so much more but I’ll save that for camp.

One special note, the ferry is running reduced hours and will be open 6:00 AM to 4:00 PM Monday through Friday. Better than no ferry at all but there will most likely be times when we will need to drive around (Wednesday and Thursday evening for sure). We will adjust and go with the flow as always. I am so looking forward to spending a week at Mammoth with all my amazing friends and family.

Brian