Yes, that IS a clothes pin pirate pulling himself out of the bottle! Would that I had a picture of the pirate ship I built and populated with clothespin pirates. It was about three feet long and I named it The Rose Of Devon, after the ship in the book The Dark Frigate, by Charles Hawes. I gave it to my sister's kids. Maybe they still have it?
I went geocaching in Santee this morning/afternoon, first to the hills north of West Hills High School. Saw this sign. I've HEARD tell of people driving Jeeps out here, but a tow away zone?
Saw snake skin, but no snakes. Lots birds. Lots of poop on the road. Dog, coyote, deer...maybe mountain lion! Who knows, I am not a reader of poop. A number of birds, the most outstanding a Road Runner, running away.
I found three out of three caches in the hills, one of which was a puzzle cache that only took me about two hours to solve. Spread out over a couple of months. I decided to push my luck and head over to "downtown" Santee for a couple of caches along the river that I needed. I parked in the shade near the Target loading dock, and headed out.
I found the first one ok, the homeless encampment that put me off the last time having disappeared. After a short conversation with some typical Santee residents, that is, bare-chested boys on BMX bikes, a-hoppin' over the mounds of dirt (who insisted calling me Forrest Gump, and that they had seen a black bear over by the river...), I looked for the second cache. I had no success finding it, but I did make the acquaintance of one "Roger Moore", as he named himself, who helped me look around for a half-hour or so. When I got home I found that particular cache has been missing since the second day of its existence, that is, May 19th.
I did a little grocery shopping on the way home, stocking up on junk food and bread.
That's about all for today!
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