They're tall. They're totally absurd. And they're everywhere.
Over the past few decades, as cellphone networks have grown, thousands of antenna towers designed to look vaguely like trees have been built across the United States. Although these towers are intended to camouflage a tower's aesthetic impact on the landscape, they typically do the opposite; most look like what an alien from a treeless planet might create if told to imagine a tree.
BUT, that is not why I brought you here (cue ominous music at the plot twist).
If you look across the street, you will see a tall pole with a huge osprey nest at the top. In 2018, utility workers noticed that osprey had built a nest on top of a power pole. When sticks from the nest came in contact with conductors, it caused an electrical outage.
Realizing the issue could happen again and concerned for the welfare of the osprey, the company built a tall nesting platform for them. The birds located the new structure within three hours and now call it home.
A few days days later, the workers realized there were actually two pairs of ospreys, both nesting. A contest was held to name the osprey pairs. Customers and employees voted online to choose from names like Archie and Edith, William and Kate, Harry and Meghan, and "Friends" and "Harry Potter" characters. In the end, the birds were named Lucy and Ricky and Fred and Ethel!
Enjoy your time with the lovely couples and please post any groovy pics you manage to get in the gallery.
The full news story can be found here, and the intermittent YouTube stream can be found here.
Anyhoo... You seek a small container hidden more discreetly than the tower, tucked away in a hidey hole and, at the time of publication, packed full of swag. There is no need to go beyond the gate or even down the driveway.
Enjoy, happy hunting, and good luck spilling your ink. Cache ya later!
Ol'Fogie
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