The Ole Swimmin Hole Traditional Cache
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(small)
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Container is on the 'smaller' side, and is/was stuffed FULL
at time of placement.
Some climbing over trees, avoiding pools of water, and rocks
included with cache seek free of charge.
Tremont back in the late 70's early 80's when I was living
there, had some issues with the town pool. The trek to Echo Valley
was a little too much on those 102 degree days, and after an older
friend showed me the way to the swimming hole... we used to venture
back this direction to a bend in the stream where the water ran
real blue... and was just deep enough to kick back and relax. The
canopy of pine trees also made it an enjoyable place to camp out at
night, little campfire, couple weenies... and a lean-to made from
an old army tent... ah... the perfect escape. (No, I doubt we were
allowed to camp back there, and No... I highly doubt the Tremont
Fire Co. would have been happy to know about the campfires).
As we grew older, the adventures back here became a little more...
ummm shall we say adventurous? We'd often have our half of a six
pack wrapped up in our towel as we strolled cross town on our way
here for the evening. Many nights were spent back here, and we
always cleaned up the place. It was a standing rule that if bigger
kids were at the swimming hole, to not disturb them, and an even
bigger rule was... never tell anyone about the secret swimming hole
back here. But the rule that would get you in trouble was the most
important of all... Never leave a mess or trash for a grown up to
discover. Well I kept those secrets many years!
That's the reason this location is very sentimental to me. This
little creek, and the mountain above it that stretches out threw
middle creek was where I lived out my 'rites of passage' so to
speak. From little boy at my grandmothers racing out middle creek
on my go-kart... sidestepping the strip mines and racing like Mario
Andretti, to finally being invited along to somewhere secret by the
bigger kids.
I was kind of sad to see soda cans laying back here frozen in the
mud (Cache was placed on a cold, pouring down rain, not warm enough
to melt the snow day) This cache was placed with my cousin, and I'm
sure over the upcoming summer I'll be back to this location to
maybe cool off in the cold water. Plus I'll be back to re-stock the
cache quite often. Will do a CITO on each of my runs.
Enjoy a little piece of my childhood memories... it's nothing super
special to write home to the family about...
but sometimes it's those places that are the best places of all.
(cue 'stand by me' movie theme song')
Additional Hints
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