Skullduggery

Probaby the coolest cache we found so far was in Knox County about 20 minutes outside of Mt. Vernon. We followed Gordie's directions out of town, and the roads grew progessively smaller until we were driving down single-lane dirt roads. (Gordie is the name of my gps unit - given that the team name is Wheaton's Wanderers, I'll let you figure that one out.) We knew we were looking for a cemetery, but passed it up once. The cemetery is located about a half-mile from the road, out of view, up a tree-shaded grassy lane. I steered the Cruising Vessel (that's my Passat) up the lane, and we weren't sure where we were headed - we were afraid we were going to end up in someone's yard. But suddenly we found ourselves in a clearing surrounded by old and crumbling tombstones. We explored a bit, and the most recent date on a headstone I read was 1905 - most of them were much older. Some groundhogs had dug holes next to three of the graves in the corner - it looked like the residents had escaped. While this place was serene and quite relaxing in the middle of the afternoon - we found ourselves wishing we had a picnic and a book to read - it would be exceedingly creepy at night. I thought maybe the Zombie Survival Guide would have been a good read here. Our thoughts are to return on a crisp October night with nothing but the full moon to light the way.

The actual cache was stashed behind a tree along the edge of the clearing, and was stored in a plastic skull. Boo!