Idioms are my go-to when coming up with names for caches. Not surprisingly, Shakespeare either coined or popularized a number of idioms that I have borrowed for the night cache series in RINEY-B Park.
The phrase thereby hangs a tale was coined by Shakespeare to refer to an interesting story on a matterin As You Like It.
A fool, a fool! I met a fool i' the forest,
A motley fool; a miserable world!
As I do live by food, I met a fool
Who laid him down and bask'd him in the sun,
And rail'd on Lady Fortune in good terms,
In good set terms and yet a motley fool.
'Good morrow, fool,' quoth I. 'No, sir,' quoth he,
'Call me not fool till heaven hath sent me fortune:'
And then he drew a dial from his poke,
And, looking on it with lack-lustre eye,
Says very wisely, 'It is ten o'clock:
Thus we may see,' quoth he, 'how the world wags:
'Tis but an hour ago since it was nine,
And after one hour more 'twill be eleven;
And so, from hour to hour, we ripe and ripe,
And then, from hour to hour, we rot and rot;
And thereby hangs a tale.' When I did hear
The motley fool thus moral on the time,
My lungs began to crow like chanticleer,
That fools should be so deep-contemplative,
And I did laugh sans intermission
An hour by his dial. O noble fool!
A worthy fool! Motley's the only wear.
- Jacques
CACHE
A typical night cache in the back of the park. You may have some trouble at the start so look east-northest to find the first. Follow the white fire tack trail to its destination, marked with two fire tacks.
Please be aware that the park is bounded by railroad tracks on the east side of the park. The trail will NOT lead across the tracks so look elsewhere and stay safe.