Troop 80 Weathers The Changing Weather At Inks Lake State Park

Birds are not up, Troop 80 stirs
Driving South, the convoy blurs.
“Utterly Divine” and “Whimsy Woo”
Dealing in antiques what they do

Evant Elks and Hamilton Bulldogs
“Jerky Chew On the Table, Go Dawgs!”
Shorely Lonesome Ranch said it all
Distant Inks Lake, granite rocks tall

Setting up tarps, chat & lunch
Cracker barrel sandwich munch
Setting up tents now, head to site
Anxious to see cave?  You’re right!

Turns out, real rain hit Dallas
We’re dry, each tent a palace.
Colorful lichen, golden grass
Don’t give the cactus any sass!

Longhorn Caverns Gift Shop
First, observation tower hop
Taylor buys magnets to wear
Clamping to ear, don’t stay there.

1935 CCC rocks $1/day built it there
See Castle distant, use steel stair
Both Andrew’s load up rock candy
Ford’s glowing blue marble dandy.

Finally, underground adventure begins
Guide Marcie: “See rock faces?” (grins)
“Look up,” Abe Lincoln clear as day
Pet a bear, cowboy on pig, turtle at play.

Outlaw Sam Bass may have hung out here
Hid a treasure, more than just drink a beer.
Now used for weddings and concerts
But running into ceiling still hurts.

One lonely dwarf bat his day to shine
Mexican Freetails left for Austin to dine.
Back to camp before dark, soup for all
Competition was too close to call.

Another lantern burn ban campfire
Moon up, but skits again a bit dire.
Lights out at 9PM, hunker down
Stars came out, we sleep sound.

Cooking breakfast, breaking camp
Sun baking on tents that were damp
Chapel praise, great view of lake
Singing God’s praise for His sake.

“Keep it or change it” discussion load
  Caring for Troop 80 by Scouts showed
Jumper cable Ford GMC trailers along
Pit stop for pie, Koffee Kup, Hico, not long.


-----Trip Jones, February 17, 2008