Grace is
unearned or undeserved favor. Who wouldn’t want grace? Maybe you
can consider I’m giving you some, because here’s a new cache to get
a smiley from. Or maybe I was getting some grace because placing
caches in November means a good chance of placing caches in the
rain. Today was a beautiful day.
Then, as
I’m placing the cache, I worried about tripping, falling, getting
hurt and wishing I was more graceful. I could use a little more
gracefulness in my life as well. I suggest, regardless of your
level of gracefulness, that you bring a friend when you cache,
because it’s more fun and safer.
I looked
at my handiwork and though the forest has been graced by a very
cool cache. I thought the sound of the water of the nearby stream
was cool, too. I was thirsty and hadn’t brought any water with me.
You might want to bring some for your hike out here.
Finished,
I looked at my watch and hoped I could get out of the tree farm,
into my van, and to school before the grace period to pick up the
kids ends. I might have gone a bit over the speed limit. If we were
ruled by a duke and duchess, and I’d gotten caught, I might have
had to go before them and say, “Your Grace, I beg you to forgive
me, I was only hurrying to get my kids from school.” Although
that’s far-fetched of me to say.
You will
have to go far to fetch this cache, although It’s less than a mile
from Fire Gate No 3. The best way to find your way around the
Pilchuck Tree Farm (and any other trails in Washington) is by
downloading trail maps into your GPS. The way to do that is by
following this
link.
Congratulations to Rey del Roble and BrewerMD for hiking the
(my) entire tree farm and getting FTF for RdR’s birthday!
Sanity calms, but madness is more interesting.
John Russell