Heavy Metal

May 31, 2005
A bright, sunshiny day
The warmth of summer is getting closer.
The adventure continues...
Another except from Crazy4's journal... "To heck and back again, a cachers tale"
Our company has increased this day. The two who are Team WoWQuesters are with us. Many leagues north have we come to search for yet another underground treasure. After barely surviving the perils of "Jesus' Tomb" cache far to the south, along the mighty Chip' River, you'd assume we would be better prepared for "Heavy Metal" a cache with multiple warnings and a 3 star rating. Alas, it was not to be. On todays journey, we drove the wrong fork in the road and after moving away to the east, we had to cut across wilderness only frequented by huge machines that move vast quantities of forest products. Arriving in the area, we moved out quickly only to find ourselves assailed by hordes of various bloodsucking denizens of the woods, who lurked in the vegetation upon the little used trail, a trail that (it slowly became clear) took us in the wrong direction. Our magical treasure locator had been programmed with slightly wrong coordinates. After realizing we were being misled, we retreated to our vehicle to double check the numbers we had printed upon our parchment treasure map. They were wrong. (Hopefully, Team WoWQuesters learned a valuable lesson from our mistake.) Always check your coordinates. Although we were exhausted from our unexpected detour, we fortunately decided to start over. This time we would go "THAT WAY!" to find the heavily anticipated "Heavy Metal" underground mine. We could have gone the easy way, but Crazy4 team leader lead the group along the valley and thru the woods and up the cliff instead of following the wide and sandy vehicle path. Onward, and upward, and we were there. And so was another. A man alone with his metallic steed. I recognized it from my studies of foreign journals as what some call a "four-wheeler". A small campfire had long cylindrical pieces of meat roasting upon a wire framework. I asked him "do you know where a mine shaft is around here?" He turned and pointed behind himself, "right there?". Some brush and his vehicle had hidden it from my view. I yelled to the rest of the crew, "It's over here!". They all converged on our position. It was well worth the journey. Dark and mysterious, the steeply descending passage into the earth gave all a thrill. Asking the stranger about the mine, he informed us of another entrance at the base of the hill, one much easier to access and not so deadly. A somewhat lengthy discussion with the stranger gave him insight into our purpose. He found it interesting, and said he would like to do the same. Heavy Metal may have created another enthusiast. From one wayfarer to another, I extend my welcome, if he peruses this message. We found the easy way in and dallied some time in the cool recesses of this manmade heaven. COOL in temperature and COOL in ambience, Heavy Metal is certainly recommended by Team Crazy4!