Headed North

Since I am on holidays this month we are trying to get out with the kids and show them some of the countryside so this afternoon it was Scottie Creek, Clinton, and The Painted Chasm. Meg dropped the picture off at the village office for the Mayor who was out on errands then we headed for the hills. When we got home there was a thank you message on the answering machine from Mayor Ranta and a quip that they were off to look for more caches. Little does he know today marked # 12 in the series for us and Chase is now dreaming of getting his hands on that gold bar.

Top Of The World

Chase was very concerned that if we waited any longer to find the cache at Cornwall lookout, Mayor Ranta and his daughter would most certainly find their way to the top of the mountain and once again log in ahead of us. So this afternoon we loaded up the 4runner and headed for the hills. Half way up the track to the top we found out that the reserve next to our woodlot was once again on fire only this time the Forestry was throwing lots of resources at the flames unlike two months back when they took a wait and see attitude. By the time we reached the lookout there wasn't even much sign of smoke. So we spent a little time wandering until Rainn found the cache then we carefully perused the log book to make sure the Mayor hadn't hitched a ride on one of the choppers using our airport this afternoon. Luck was on our side and the fact John is into sports cars and not 4x4s.Before leaving the area the crew posed for a photo. Meg will drop the Mayor a copy tomorrow.

Gold Country Geo Tourism

We finally got some family time to go out and hunt down some local geocaches. If you are interested in geocaching you have to check out: www.goldtrail.com it is a huge hit with cachers from all over BC rushing into the area from the launch last Saturday looking for first finds. We on the other hand weren't that interested in being first to find so we waited a week to start our search and it seems the Mayor and his daughter may have the same thoughts as we keep running into them. I have a hunch we may beat them to Cornwall lookout though cause the Mayor doesn't have a 4x4.

CC PAC Dinner & Auction

Last night was the annual Cache Creek Elementary parent advisory counsel dinner and auction. It was a small but appreciative crowd who were treated to a fabulous pasta dinner & dessert before the bidding began. Proceeds are going to pay for the portable stage that is already being put to use in the school gym. A big thank you goes out to all the parents who worked their butts off organizing, cooking, serving, hosting & cleaning up. We tried to do our part by eating and spending, I know it's a tough job but someones got to do it.

Why We Like Living In Cache Creek

Last Wednesday I took the boys for a bicycle ride. We usually end up spending half an hour at the park on the other side of town, playing on the swings and slides etc. About 8pm. we headed for home as it was getting dark. At 6am. the next morning I was getting ready to leave for work but I couldn't find my wallet. It took me about 20 minutes to come to the horrifying conclusion that I had left my hydra pack at the park the night before and in it was my wallet[ containing credit cards, driver's license, birth certificate, and money] as well as my cel phone which was turned on. I headed towards the park with an absolute sense of dread and as I approached I could see something sitting on a brick right by the entrance. There was my hydra pack and the top was wide open, inside sat my wallet, cel phone and everything else intact. Underneath the pack were my gloves. Now I know I didn't leave them there so someone picked up all the stuff from the picnic table and sat it there. I assume they thought I would be coming right back when I realized that I had left the pack behind. You might think that I was just the luckiest fool alive but I like to think that we live in a town with a lot of incredibly honest people. Thank you

Fall Bicycle Festival

I'm in the process of going around our community looking for support and help to organize a Bicycle Festival for the fall and I'm amazed at the number of people who love the idea but are loathe to volunteer. My friends in order to grow a community we have to support it and that means not just filling up at the gas station for the weekly trip into Kamloops. Our businesses need us to actually buy locally or soon there will be no community at all. Quite often the very businesses that we enter to ask for help in making an event happen are the same businesses that we pass by on the way into Kamloops to find a better deal.

I spend a lot of time up in the Highland Valley. There are a couple of holes in the ground that just seem to keep getting bigger and bigger and they appear to be man made. The landscape up there changes from day to day so if you haven't traveled through the area for a while I thought I would take a couple of pictures. If you are interested in seeing the minesite up close they give tours to the general public but you have to phone ahead and set up a time. The phone # is 250-523-2443