(With apologies to Edgar
Allen Poe.)
Once while I was caching, hiking, while I wandered to my
liking,
Searching many a stump and curious rock pile covered there with
mold,
Stepping past a picker, but then suddenly there came a snicker.
Then it came again but quicker, laughing like a joke was told
“Just my mind,” it must be only, cackling like a joke was told
Nothing else would be so bold
A cache I found then with no trouble, hiding there behind the
rubble,
No, not buried, never, so the Geocaching guidelines say
(Law and Order not withstanding), it was sitting on a landing.
Did my caching business standing and then started toward the
car.
Started feeling rather sickly as it struck me just how far
I must hike back to the car
Then I started walking, hoping that I knew where I was going
And I walked and walked and walked until I should have found my
way.
Persisted in my searching then looked up to see a partridge
perching,
And his chuckle sent me lurching — his eyes glued to me like
tar.
Laughter suddenly erupted from its beak, “Hee hee, har har!
You forgot to mark your car!”
My eyes beheld my handheld, then I shouted, raved and yelled.
Yelled!
New technology that cost us billions, useless to me now.
And the partridge still is perching, follows me as I am
searching
And it laughs and laughs and calls its friends who come from near
and far.
And the squirrels all are singing, “In your search to find a
jar,
You forgot to mark your car!”
And the partridge still is mocking, pointing, laughing while I’m
walking.
In the woods and paths and clearings there are crowds who stalk me
now.
If you find the Partridge hiding, you must ask where I’m
abiding.
Come and find me! But for now I’ll eat my last granola bar.
And the rabbits now are taunting: (yes, it’s really quite
bizarre)
“You forgot to mark your car!”
Bad partridge!
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There are some paths that lead to the cache, so bushwacking is
not necessary. There is poison ivy in the area during the summer,
so be careful. The best way to get to the cache and avoid the big
patches of PI is to walk the gnarly twotrack (which starts near the
curve sign on the gravel part of Partridge Pt. Road) to the
clearing near the water. You can drive it if you think your vehicle
can handle it. Mine certainly wouldn't. Then walk left (east) to N
45 00.325 W 83 26.035 and take the nice pathway that will lead to
the cache.
Thanks!