My goodness! It's already the middle of January. Where has the time gone. I am conducting tours on my own. We are short volunteers so sometimes I am on my own. When I have a tour without a volunteer or ranger guide, I ask a member of my group to be my assistant. Today it was Tom on my first tour, and I had a situation. My group was half-way through the cave when a gentleman came up to me and said that has daughter was having a problem with claustrophobia and needed to get out. (This situation happens from time to time)
All of us guides tell our tours that if ever there is a problem, we can get them out in a short time. So when I was told of the situation, I told my group that I was going to take them out and asked Tom to be in charge. Mom, Dad and the daughter followed me forward through the cave and we were lucky to catch the tour group in front of us just as they were leaving the cave and entering the tunnel. Their trailer person took my folks and they went out with them.
I hurried back to my group standing at the area called the IP. As I got near the area, I could hear pleasant chatter of conversation. I announced, " I'm back", thanked everyone and especially, Tom, and we continued on with our tour. I made up the lost time and completed the tour right on schedule. Everyone seemed to have a good time and that's what is important. It was also a good learning experience for me.
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