I'd never been inner-tubing behind a speedboat before. Wow that's a rush. When he makes those 35mph banks and I go skidding across the wake on the verge of flipping over, the adrenaline really gets going. I went alone on the tube, laying down. The group before me had three people sitting on the tube, and they got flipped in what looked like it would lead to brutal injuries. Everyone was fine, but I was kinda nervous when i saw the boat bank over for the first time...

Also tonight was my first appearance at the Pecos Valley Grotto meeting. I would have guessed that in an area like this that has the highest density of caves in the world, there would be a ton of people in the grotto. But it's about one quarter the size of Boston Grotto, where there are no caves at all. Strange.

But, I met the right people and watched some cool videos about single rope technique and made arrangements to get a caving permit for the July 4th holiday weekend for some friends and I. Yeah!

Today I got caving permits for the weekend that everyone's coming to visit. We're going to Black Cave and Cottonwood Cave. The guy working at the forest service office was one of the people from the grotto meeting last night, so the procedure was relatively painless. I also went out and bought myself a caving helmet and a real headlamp. So I guess this means I'm a real caver now.