We Go To All Levels!!!

Today was one of those days. We went from “potato” piles, to bike trails, to hill sides, to tree tops. That’s right, tree tops!

We were in a park in Rocklin. It is a favorite spot for frisbee golf. Fortunately, it was a quiet time and we only had to dodge two frisbees heading in our direction. Our goal was not to play frisbee golf, but to find a cache hidden somewhere in the park.

We had no trouble getting to the cache. The coordinates for the cache took us to a downed oak tree that crossed the creek. It had been there a while so the typical deterioration was in progress. There were lots of hollows in the branches and we just knew the cache was in one of them.

We climbed onto the tree trunk and headed out over the creek. We both spent a great deal of time suspended, twisted, and hanging on for dear life! Since we were over the water, we had carefully placed all the important stuff on the ground on the bank of the creek, but I forgot I had my Palm (PDA) in my back pocket. Unfortunately, it slipped out and landed in a foot of dark murky water. I managed to retrieve it but we don't know yet whether it or my hand/arm really survived the muck!

There was only one place left to look! No, he (the owner) wouldn’t do that to us! Would he? Sure enough, Larry was able to get to one of the upper branches where he found the exact hollow and retrieved the cache from its hiding spot!

We were very glad to reach solid ground and return to the Golden Retriever!

UPDATE! UPDATE! My Palm PDA continues to work another day! Must be related to the Timex!