A new geocache came out yesterday at the Knight Brown Preserve along the banks of Belews Lake, NC, not too far south of here. I was otherwise disposed yesterday, and friend Tom, a.k.a. Night-Hawk, picked up the first-to-find honors. This morning, though, it was so pretty outside that heading after the cache seemed like just the ticket. Now, this cache, "More Kayaking on Belews Lake" (GCBH33D) is intended to be reached by watercraft, but since I have none, I was relegated to the land route. There are a couple of older caches out here that I found by said land route about five years ago, so I was heading for familiar territory. It's about a three-mile round trip, and I walk or run well over that every day; the only difference being that the terrain out here gets pretty rugged in places.
Once I got out there, I managed to find the cache quickly. The container was
nothing out of the ordinary, but this was such a welcome outing, almost
entirely free of other human beings, which right now more than hit the spot.
Fortunately, for the most part, my interactions with individuals in the real
world are generally cordial, and I know a lot of genuinely wonderful people.
But the awful hatred (and delusional thinking) online, especially in regard to
any number of current events, has about worn down my patience, and thus I've
found myself quicker to anger than I like (and at the best of times, my
patience is anything but infinite).
So, taking the land route today made me very happy. Peace to ye.
