There is a wider shoulder right
across the road from the coordinates. If you want a bigger
pullout, go up the road about a quarter of a mile. Cache is
just slightly down the side underneath a couple large rocks.
Be careful with children. Small locknlock.
On Saturday, July 15, 2006, around a dozen youth
were swimming above this cache spot after church. They were in a
spot that looked calm, doing what they've done many times in the
past...having fun on a Saturday afternoon. Two of the girls, Mindy
and Liza, decided to take their floaty across the river to the
other side. Some of the youth warned them not to, but they started
across. The river was too much for them and they fell in and went
down the rapids, ultimately up to a mile downriver. Meghan, their
youth leader jumped in to rescue them, despite warnings from the
other youth to stop.
Both Meghan and Mindy did not make it, and Lisa
managed to get out below the bridge with minor injuries. Looking
from this cache site, you can see the worst that the girls went
through. Amazing that one of them survived.
Meghan was a true model of love and
self-sacrifice. Her life of witness and love and triumph over
adversity was incredible. Her memorial service the next Friday was
overflowing with people that she had touched in her short 21 years
of life. A more vibrant beautiful young woman than any of us has
ever met and had the privilage of knowing. Meghan was an incredible
inspiration. "No greater love can a person show than to lay down
their life for a friend."
Mindy led out beautifully in song service at
church that day, and Meghan just gave a glowing testimony at our
church about how God turned her very hard life around and gave her
a wonderful new chance at life. We know that they were
happy.
I want to remind others that even though it
may be hot, and this is a tempting river, please be very very
careful. This is the 4th death on this river in the last few years.
If you go in, try to go as late in the year as possible, and stay
by the edge of the shore.
The water flow at that time was 3100 cubic
feet per second.