Another Adventure

Ok - no pictures as of yet - we do have a few but.. you can imagine this if you close your eyes..

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so last Sunday we really wanted this cache - Day's Gone By - we got it - and oh the memory.. lol this we will remember for a very long time - now don't do like we did and take your civic down there!

This weekend of caching we managed to turn into our normal adventurous of ending up the next day shaking our heads and tomorrow Mr. Turtle will laugh..

Mostly this story is about a very nice man named Will, why we are glad Tulameen Mosquito's do not carry West Nile and where you should not take a Honda Civic..

You see on Saturday night there was a person camped out at the proper location and we were tired so we opted to grab the cache on the way home Sunday. Now most people shake their head that we take the civic along the rocky River Road - but hey it's a car - a hunk of metal that we try to take care of but dents & scratches - oh well they happen.

So we enjoy a beautiful day on the deck have steak for dinner, a nice glass of wine, watch the birds in the bird feeder and wonder why the Squirrels haven't eaten out of the munch boxes yet - oh well time to go home until next weekend.

We get to the appointed location and walk down to the cache, but alas forgot the clue - so after 15 minutes of looking Mrs Turtle walks back up to the car with Mr. Turtle stating "why don't you bring the car back down, it'll be fine". Now if you recall Mr. Turtle has a tendancy to forget what he saw 2 minutes earlier and what the road looked like.

But Mrs. Turtle got back to the car and instead of doing what her instincts said opted to drive the car down with wondering about the possibility of high centering on the way out..
Oh well trust Mr. Turtle she says..

So down I go and it's fine a few bonks under the car again concerning her but have faith. She gets to the bottom and Mr. Turtle has found the cache.. awesome beautiful.. (and btw we do love the location ) And up they go.. part way.. then try again.. try a third time.. now 30 feet from where the car was parked originally at the top of the hill - they've almost made it!! Mrs. Turtle gets out and pushes it to get it oomph - now 7 feet left to go and the front tire spins.. so Mr. Turtle instructs Mrs. Turtle to sit on the hood..

She does and something seems off - Mr. Turtle revs and no movement.. then she gets off and checks the passanger side and lo & behold the tire is flat..

ok no this does not end here.. so ok pull out the Jack.. put the space saver spare (keep in mind we are pointed at a 45 % angle downhill on a 4 wheel drive road in the civic) on the rear tire - so we can put the full size on the front wheel drive..

We have one issue - not enough clearance, so Mr. Turtle (while Mrs turtle continues to fan the noseums, the mosquitos & every bug that is hungry - of course they have no bug spray, socks or jeans as they were just heading home) away from her frustrated Mr. Turtle - part 2 next

So Mr. Turtle continues to try to change tire, jack it up, it won't stay, find rock dig out hole..try again.. no wait that's not working - is that a car - run out to the road and flag down driver.. no that's an airplane dear they're a little higher..

Well at least you know the berries aren't out so we're save from the bears.. himm bear's - berries - wonder if that's why the call them bearies.. just a curiosity.

Try to find big stick to level vehicle, no try to find flat rock to put jack on - try jack again.. jack bends (this is the silly jack that comes standard for Civics as all of them stay on pavement you know.. ) and the jack is now useless as it will hold nothing - it's next getting a TB tag on it.. he he
So what do we do.. hmm walk, no wait there' s a car - run out to road (Mrs. Turtle) flag down completely camo'd paint job truck and she's thinking she's very happy that Mr. Turtle is there as the Young Old Timer stops and backs up with his prospector self.. yes he has a jack..

So he parks on the side road and helps assess the situation - meanwhile he's got his sluce, 12 inch knive on his belt & can of wildcat in his hand.. HIs name is Will and he will help..

So Will and Mr. Turtle work to jack up the Civic.. get the tire on.. and Will has a toe cable with a shackle to attach to the Civic's tow point.. and well Thank you Will we managed to get out..
Then Will offers us DEET & a beer - we like Will.. and we will be seeing Will next Weekend as we make our way out to 30 KM mark somewhere to find his claim and his 12 foot trailer to repay the debit..

Sometimes those old timers are the best (but he is Mr. Turtles age) - he goes out to his claim for a few months at a time to pan for gold..

He - we can relate to.. :)

The cache is a perfect container, log book is in plastic container - we'll stop by with a sheet to say what caching is next time (but walk down or take the Turtle Tank) - took the Cedar Rose to move on - (there is another option - turning it into a Travel Bug - let us know if you'd like this) and traded the Cherry Chapstick for a Piggy Light..

For others that come after.. Don't drive right down to the cache walk the last 170 meters and please don't leave any scented items or food in the cache.. it is animal territory!
Awesome adventure and Cache #770 will stay in our minds & hearts forever as a true adventure!

Again Thank You Will for being our hero!