Did I mention that it’s 52 degrees in the Fairy Caves? My wife says that I have the best job in the world. When it’s going to be 95 degrees outside, I will get to wander through an airconditioned wonderland with a group of tourists. When it was snowing chicken feathers the other day, we got to walk inside where it was “warm” and “dry”.
National Children’s Book Week is almost
coming to a close, and so is my Blogathon 2010. If you haven’t
guessed by now, I give cave tours in Glenwood Springs, Colorado. I’ve
also written and illustrated a new children’s book entitled “Dad,
the Tooth Fairy Didn’t Come!” www.jerrybegly.com/tooth. What else
is going on in my life? I teach skiing in Aspen, Colorado. I’m
building a 3400sf. Log chalet off the grid high in the Colorado
Rockies. My 7 children, my wife, and I are building it all
ourselves. Literally all of it (with very few exceptions). I enjoy
jeeping, hiking, mountain climbing, fishing, playing my banjo, and a
multitude of other pastimes. When it comes to grading me on life, I
get all “F”s. Faith, Family, Friends, Fun are the mainstays of my
existence. Oh, and Food. Thanks for the Fajitas, today, guys…
Who comes on my cave tours? Everybody. That’s what makes it so fun. Today, I had guys with tattoos all over their body standing next to Amish tourists. I’ve had Adult, educated, Europeans standing next to runny nosed little American kids. Somehow, we all are able to come together and enjoy the incredible beauty underground. I like that. It’s not like we have to fight over what channel to watch. We only get one channel underground-the Beauty Channel. Let’s all explore it together.
I get to show the little girls the
Fairy in the Fairy Caves. Ooooo. Ahhhhh. I get to show the little
girls the Tooth Fairy in my book “Dad, the Tooth Fairy Didn’t
Come!” www.jerrybegly.com/tooth. Whoooooa.Who’s THAT? The hero is
a very unlikely person for rescuing the parents from Parental Tooth
Stress Syndrome.
I can’t find any more bats in the main
part of the cave. Our last little guy seems to have disappeared for
the summer. He was sleeping all alone near Exclaimation Point. I’ll
bet he woke up from his long sleep and said “Hey guys, where did
you all go? Guyyyyys! Come on out. You can stop hiding, now. It’s me,
Henry. Alleeeeeeee Alleeee in Freeeee! Then he flew off to enjoy his
summer activities.