Pern 15 - Klah Traditional Cache
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CONGRATULATIONS CarsonFamilyAK on your FTF! This cache is dedicated to Anne McCaffrey and her Dragonriders of Pern novels.
Stop. Take a break. Enjoy the view, with a cup of good jo in one hand and this find in the other. I've watched awesome moonrises and sunrises traveling this road, which still exudes that otherworldly character.
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“A real old-fashioned world,” he remarked, tossing and catching the heavy nuggets in his hand. “Old Earth once had free gold in streams, too. Another parallel.”
Shavva leaned over and took one that was an almost perfect drop, holding it between thumb and forefinger.
“My loot,” she said, dropping it into her belt pouch.
She found one extremely interesting plant on the upper section of the eastern peninsula: a vigorous tree whose bark, when bruised in the fingers, gave off a pungent smell. That evening, she made an infusion of the bark, sniffing appreciatively of its aroma. Empiric tests showed that it was not toxic, and her judicious sip of the infusion made her sigh with pleasure.
“Try it, Liu, tastes great!”
Liu regarded the thin dark liquid with suspicion, but he, too, found the odor stimulating to his salivary glands and wet his lips, smacking to spread the taste. “Hmmm, not bad. Bit watery. Infuse it a bit longer, or reduce the liquid. You might have something here.”
Ben joined in the sampling, and when Shavva experimented with grinding the bark and filtering hot water through it, he approved the result.
“A sort of combination of coffee and chocolate, I think, with a spicy aftertaste. Not bad.”
Though none of the three made mention of the fact, they were all sorry to leave the planet and yet relieved that there had been no further accidents or untoward circumstances. Barring some unforeseen factor, discovered in the analyses of soil, vegetation, and biological samples, they were all three quite willing to let Castor initial it P.E.R.N. – parallel Earth, resources negligible. He added a C in the top corner of the report, indicating that the planet was suitable for colonization.
The previous paragraphs are from The Chronicles of Pern: First Fall by Anne McCaffrey, copyright 1993 Anne McCaffrey.
Placed under CHUGACH STATE PARK USER PERMIT 05-099.
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